WASHINGTON (AP) — Saturday’s game between the Nationals and visiting San Diego Padres was suspended after 5 1/2 innings due to a shooting outside Nationals Park.
The Metropolitan Police department says an exchange of gunfire between people in two cars left three people injured. One of the people who was shot was a woman who was attending the game and who was struck while she was outside the stadium.
More than two dozen police cars, ambulances, and fire engines were on the street outside the third base side. 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 were asked to exit the stadium through the outfield gates.
The Padres were leading 8-4 behind Fernando Tatis (tah-TEES’) Jr., who was 4-for-4 with a pair of RBI singles. The game will resume Sunday afternoon, followed by the regularly scheduled game.
