Shooting outside Nationals Park is a reminder of the scourge of gun violence

WASHINGTON – It took a few seconds on Saturday night for America’s hobby to mingle with one of America’s chronic diseases, and those chaotic few moments just before 9:30 p.m. in the nation’s capital, when she found herself entangled in baseball and gun violence, did so much more than suspend The Washington Nationals vs San Diego Padres match after a shooting outside Nationals Park injuring three of them, including a woman who attended the match, surely revealed the best of the fans who attended the match, and the security staff who kept their calm. With shots fired but the chaos waned, the Padres and Nationals players and coaches greeted strangers on the premises of their hideout and clubs in the name of safety, yet also revealed, in a location meant to be a safe haven. For athletes and fans alike, the psychedelic effect of decades of mass shootings and gun violence on athletes and fans alike. “As you all know, that’s just not us,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez told Sunda morning, hours after helping fans stay safe and even in his office. “It happens everywhere.” Based on police and eyewitness reports, Saturday’s shooting was not a premeditated act and probably not related to a ball game. The Metropolitan Police said Sunday’s shooting was at least one vehicle being fired upon — and a shootout likely occurred — as they are looking for a vehicle involved in the shooting after another was recovered, and the shooting came a day after the District of Columbia erupted. By killing a 6-year-old girl, Nia Courtney, who was shot along with five adults in what police said was a drive-by shooting in the southeast of the capital, “Our city is sad,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said Saturday morning. It was the 102nd murder in the area this year, at the same pace as the same date in 2020, according to MPD data. The complex and profound causes of these murders cannot be easily summarized, although the rate of population displacement has risen in several quarters of the city, the rate of homicide has also increased. Park, a publicly funded gem The surrounding area has seen a boon in development – urban renewal for some, gentrification and displacement for others. The scourge of violence often does not afflict citizens or the many of their fans who come to the area from the suburbs of Maryland or Virginia. Martinez, who lives near the stadium and has managed the national team since 2018, had to gather himself as he defended his adopted home. Pausing, he said, “You know, I love this city. This city is my home. It can go crazy. We all know that. And we all want to feel safe.” I can tell you that inside this stadium, I feel safer than ever before. . I really do. “The actions of Martinez, the players and the fans reflect the generations who have grown up in a post-Columbian world.” Only preached “In the minutes between the shooting and the announcement of public discourse indicating their origin and this shelter in the stadium was the safest, the gut reaction of fans and players summarily reflected a society in which group kindergarten shooting drills are the norm, and some fans rushed out of the field Others immediately receded into their seats. Those on campuses of club seats and stadium restaurants turned tables to create safer havens. For players, many with their families in the stands, it was a simple instinct: to reunite and protect. Padres player Will Myers said Sunday “You could hear constant gunfire.” “From where we were, we didn’t hear any screams from any fans. It took a while to realize it was a gunshot. “If we had heard screaming, we would all have known what was going on. At this point, you are trying to hear what people are saying and your movements to keep people safe in this situation.” The Padres families were seated behind the third base bunker, thus close to the sound of gunshots, rang near the entrance Third rule of the field. So Myers, whose parents attended the game after traveling from their North Carolina home, shortstop Fernando Tates Jr. and third baseman Manny Machado went to the stands to help. Family, fans, strangers – it just didn’t matter. “The situation immediately changed. There are no players or fans left,” Tates said on Sunday. I feel like everyone is just human. “Just mortals out there. Just need to be safe.” All things considered — the 33232 declared crowd, the chaos of the shooting, the initial confusion of its origin — calmed down in no time. Martinez credited Brian Sedgwick, the security official. ​In MLB in facilitating transporting fans from the stands to the bunker. He says there are protocols in place for such an incident, but they can quickly get lost in the mists of the event. “You don’t even think it’s going to happen, but when it does, it’s definitely a different situation,” he says. 30 thousand likes. You have security workers. You have resellers. Lots of people out there to worry about. “Yesterday, everyone in this stadium handled security well. I thank the fans for doing their best to stay calm. They were all in our lair like sardines, and I wanted to make sure they were safe and comfortable and knew we cared about that. I just wanted everyone to be safe.” It can happen anywhere,” fans agree. They showed their strength to restart Saturday’s game and the regularly scheduled match, knowing that security would be tighter – but received some unsolicited advice. “My wife said, ‘Be careful, be aware of your surroundings,'” says D.C. resident David Adesnik, who brought his 6-year-old son to the game. “It’s something you might hear while walking somewhere deserted late at night, not on a baseball field.” Kate Offutt, a Bethesda resident, spent part of the morning browsing Facebook and noting the surreal nature of Saturday’s events, which neither she nor her friend would deter from attending Sunday. “If anything, I thought today would be safer than any day, although my husband did give some advice — to duck and cover,” says Liz, a Citizens cheerleader from Bethesda who declined to give her last name. “If it was a mass shooting, it could happen at the mall, at Walmart, anywhere. It’s a matter of luck.” She and Offut lived through the Beltway Sniper saga that paralyzed the metropolitan area in 2002. It came three years after the shooting over school at Columbine High School in Colorado, a harbinger of another two decades of mass shootings.According to a Washington Post database that has tracked 189 mass shootings since 1966, 43 mass shootings since 1966, or 25% of them, have occurred Since 2016. The 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida has prompted Chicago Cubs first team captain Anthony Rizzo to return to his university for a vigil.All-Stars Chris Bryant and Bryce Harper of Las Vegas cut a public service announcement during a series The 2017 qualifiers, which occurred after a gunman perched in the Mandalay Bay resort killed 59 people at a strip country music festival. The shooting, though not nearly tragic, was enough to disrupt the daily rhythms of a sport and hobby unaffected by such tragedies. It was a powerful reminder. with Few shelters from this pest. “I hope the fans will come back and understand that this is happening everywhere,” Martinez says. “Unfortunately, it is scary when it happens. It is close to us.”