Tekmo najmočnejše ameriške besaball lige med ekipama Washington Nationals in San Diego Padres je v ameriškem glavnem mestu prekinilo streljanje, gledalci in igralci obeh moštev so v paniki iskali zavetje. Večina ljudi je pobegnila s stadiona Nationals Park. Policija je kasneje potrdila, da je več ljudi zunaj stadiona utrpelo strelne rane. Po prvih informacijah ni znano, ali se je streljanje začelo na stadionu, ali zunaj njega.
Po prvotnih podatkih policije so bile poškodovane štiri osebe, ki naj bi bile vse prepeljane v bolnišnico, mediji so to številko kasneje znižali na tri. Pri Washington Postu so objavili, da je bil en moški ustreljen v nogo, ena ženska pa v hrbet, njuni življenji nista v nevarnosti.
Dvoboj med Nationals in Padres je bil prekinjen v šestem inningu in kasneje (vsaj začasno) suspendiran.
The end of this clip sounds like what could be the gunshots heard outside Nationals Park tonight. Scary stuff pic.twitter.com/sD1DjAcvJf
— Ben Brown (@BenBrownPL) July 18, 2021
Hope everyone is safe at Nationals park. I heard a few loud bangs and then a mass exodus. View from my roof pic.twitter.com/MA1B7z83u2
— Jalen Drummond (@jalen_drummond) July 18, 2021
The baseball game between Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres was suspended after a shooting incident.https://t.co/6GtbOCUwnX
— DW News (@dwnews) July 18, 2021
Major League Baseball fans scramble after shooting outside Washington Nationals Park stadium https://t.co/RRKJoPJNME
— Robert Maxwell (@RobMax4) July 18, 2021
#navycapital : The baseball game between San Diego and Washington was suspended after police said there was a shooting outside Nationals Park https://t.co/yCnqkCmSR1
— NAVY CAPITAL (@navycapital) July 18, 2021