Thirty-nine-year-old Senator Miguel Uribe was speaking to supporters in the capital when a gunman shot him twice in the head and once in the knee before being detained.
A security guard managed to detain the suspected attacker, a minor who is believed to be 15 years old.
Uribe’s wife posted on his X account that “he is fighting for his life at this moment.”
Two others -- a man and a woman -- were also wounded, and a Glock-style firearm was seized.
'Day of pain'
In a video address to the nation posted on social media, President Gustavo Petro also promised investigations to find the perpetrators of the “day of pain”.
In an earlier statement, Petro condemned the violence as “an attack not only against his person, but also against democracy, freedom of thought, and the legitimate exercise of politics in Colombia.”
But Rubio also pointed blame at Petro, claiming the attack was the “result of the violent leftist rhetoric coming from the highest levels of the Colombian government.”
Uribe, a strong critic of Petro, is a member of the Democratic Center party, which announced last October his intention to run in the 2026 presidential election.
The country is home to several armed guerrilla groups, powerful cartels and has a long history of political violence.
Uribe is the son of Diana Turbay, a famed Colombian journalist who was killed after being kidnapped by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel.
Supporters gathered outside the facility, lighting candles and clutching crucifixes as they prayed for his recovery.
The party leader, former president Alvaro Uribe, described the shooting as an attack against “a hope for the country.”
He also ran for city mayor in 2019, but lost that election.
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