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2021-07-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Washington Nationals suspend game vs. Padres after shooting reported outside stadium; Update: 3 shot
[ESPN-CCP Approved] Weird shit watching real time. I suspect Mayor Bowser will blame ghost guns and White Supremacists
WASHINGTON -- The game between the San Diego Padres and Washington was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after the Nationals said a shooting was reported outside the stadium.

There were no immediate details on what had occurred. More than two dozen police cars, ambulances and fire engines were on the street outside the third base side of Nationals Park.

The Padres had just taken the field for the bottom of the sixth when several loud pops were heard from the left field side of the ballpark.

Fans sitting in left field quickly began leaving through the center field gate. A short time later, fans along the first base side began briskly leaving their seats. Some fans crowded into the Padres' dugout on the third base side for safety as sirens could be heard from outside the park.

The Nationals then announced there had been an incident was outside the stadium and posted a message on the scoreboard telling fans to remain inside the stadium.

About 10 minutes later, the team tweeted: "A shooting has been reported outside of the Third Base Gate at Nationals Park. Fans are encouraged to exit the ballpark via the CF and RF gates at this time."

The Nationals said Saturday's game will resume Sunday at 1:05 p.m. ET and be completed as a nine-inning regulation game. It will be followed by Sunday's regularly scheduled game, which also will be played as a nine-inning regulation game, the team said.
Update at 12:05 a.m. ET:
Two people were shot, said Dustin Sternbeck, a Metropolitan Police Department spokesman. Investigators believe, based on preliminary information, that one of the victims was an employee at the stadium, he said.

Washington police later tweeted that "two additional victims associated with this incident walked into area hospitals for treatment of gunshot wounds.''
Update at 4:15 a.m. ET:
The shooting, an exchange of gunfire between people in two cars, left three people injured, according to Ashan Benedict, the Metropolitan Police Department's executive assistant police chief. One of the people shot was a woman attending the game who was struck while she was outside the stadium, he said. Her injuries weren't considered life-threatening.

Two people who were in one of the cars later walked into a local hospital with gunshot wounds and were being questioned by Sherlocks, Benedict said, and the extent of their injuries wasn't immediately clear. Investigators were still trying to locate the second vehicle involved in the shooting.
Posted by Frank G 2021-07-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 Kiss Cam to be renamed Kill Cam.
Posted by Snomoth Whereling9836 2021-07-18 00:22||   2021-07-18 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Terrified fans at a Washington Nationals baseball game run for cover after three people are shot outside the stadium and park suspends game warning fans to shelter in place
Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-18 05:00||   2021-07-18 05:00|| Front Page Top

#3 The snowflakes were terrified assuming another "insurrection" was occuring.
Posted by Gerthudion Whomoper3485 2021-07-18 06:47||   2021-07-18 06:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Insurrection? Not being accustomed to hearing gunshots in the vicinity, I’d be concerned it was another Las Vegas massacre or Orlando nightclub shooting.

Am I wrong I’m to see situational awareness and refusal to sit still for the slaughter in the crowd reaction?
Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-18 07:21||   2021-07-18 07:21|| Front Page Top

#5 DC = Baltimore = Chicago = Atlanta.

What oh what could they all have in common?
Posted by Frank G 2021-07-18 07:48||   2021-07-18 07:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Los Capital Policia have everything under control. Oh, scratch that. They left town looking for Biden political opponents across the U.S..
Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-07-18 08:15||   2021-07-18 08:15|| Front Page Top

#7 This could be the stupidest news story of the week. Why would they cancel the game if there was something going on outside the stadium?
Posted by Too Old To Work 2021-07-18 09:51||   2021-07-18 09:51|| Front Page Top

#8 "Why would they cancel the game if there was something going on outside the stadium?"

Because they're IDIOTS, TOTW. >:-(
Posted by Barbara 2021-07-18 10:07||   2021-07-18 10:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Gangbangers or something else?
Posted by JohnQC 2021-07-18 10:52||   2021-07-18 10:52|| Front Page Top

#10 #9 John: Yes.
Posted by Barbara 2021-07-18 10:55||   2021-07-18 10:55|| Front Page Top

#11 There's a shooting outside the stadium.
So make eveyone inside go outside.
Brilliant.
Posted by ed in texas 2021-07-18 11:40||   2021-07-18 11:40|| Front Page Top

#12 Less chance for 'bad optics' inside the stadium, Ed.
Posted by Bobby 2021-07-18 11:45||   2021-07-18 11:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Suspended because everyone left to watch the game outside the stadium...
Posted by CrazyFool 2021-07-18 11:45||   2021-07-18 11:45|| Front Page Top

#14 
"Now everybody please exit the stadium calmly in a single file. Wait, sir. The men outside are reloading... yes, now go."
Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-18 11:54||   2021-07-18 11:54|| Front Page Top

#15 Serpentine!
Posted by SteveS 2021-07-18 12:23||   2021-07-18 12:23|| Front Page Top

#16 Apparently DC isn't the surveillance city we supposed. They can't catch the 1/5-6 bomber or the yahoo who shot up a stadium parking lot.
Posted by Spoter B 2021-07-18 14:20||   2021-07-18 14:20|| Front Page Top

#17 They have video/still shots - Silver Toyota, missing back driver's side hubcap and VA temp paper plates
Posted by Frank G 2021-07-18 14:45||   2021-07-18 14:45|| Front Page Top

#18 If this was Chicago another round of popcorn would be the normal response as the wounded are carried out.
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-07-18 16:39||   2021-07-18 16:39|| Front Page Top

#19 Apparently the shooters showed up in the emergency room not too long after. Still no photos of them or mugshots or anything so I think we can assume they are from one of the groups the Media reflexivly protects.
Posted by rjschwarz 2021-07-18 23:11||   2021-07-18 23:11|| Front Page Top

#20 Google now shows cops have put up a reward for info and description of the car so maybe the gunshot victims were unrelated.
Posted by rjschwarz 2021-07-18 23:14||   2021-07-18 23:14|| Front Page Top

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