2021/07/19 08:09 A police car is seen across from Nationals Park, Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Washington. A baseball game between the San Diego Padres and Washington was. A police car is seen across from Nationals Park, Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Washington. A baseball game between the San Diego Padres and Washington was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside Nationals Park. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Spectators enter through the third base gate before the continuation of a suspended baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San Diego P. Spectators enter through the third base gate before the continuation of a suspended baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San Diego Padres, Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Washington. The game was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside Nationals Park. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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When the gunshots started to echo all around Nationals Park, San Diego Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. quickly thought about the team s family members and friends in the seats.
Tatis bolted from the bench down the left field line Saturday night, helped open a gate to the stands and began ushering a group back to the dugout to shelter.
“Our family, loved ones, little kids. Feel like somebody needed to go get them,” Tatis said Sunday. “I feel like the safest place was the clubhouse and we were trying to get our families into a safe place.”
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Fans rush to evacuate after hearing gunfire, during a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington on Saturday July 17, 2021. The game was suspended in the sixth inning after police said there was a shooting outside the stadium. (=John McDonnell/The Washington Post via AP) July 18, 2021 - 5:11 PM
When the gunshots started to echo all around Nationals Park, San Diego Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. quickly thought about the team s family members and friends in the seats.
Tatis bolted from the bench down the left field line Saturday night, helped open a gate to the stands and began ushering a group back to the dugout for shelter.
After shooting outside National Park, Padres fans hope to see improved safety in the next home game
San Diego-After the shooting outside the Washington Nationals stadium on Saturday night, fans of the San Diego Padres said they would like to see Peco Park strengthen security.
Two Tuesdays from now, the Padres will go home and play at home. Fans said that after the panic in Washington, DC, they want to see security measures strengthened.
Many fans were shocked when they heard the news Shooting outside the game on weekends, It’s scary to see fans running for their lives.
The star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres quickly thought of the team’s family and friends sitting on the seat.