Washington DC
police say three injured in incidentFans leave stadium after shots heard during Saturday’s gameThe game Major League
baseball game between the San Diego Padres and
Washington was suspended in the sixth inning on Saturday night after a
shooting outside Nationals Park that caused echoes of gunfire inside the stadium and prompted fans to scramble for safety in the dugout.
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 who was shot was a woman who was attending the game and who was struck while she was outside the stadium, he said. Her injuries weren’t considered life-threatening.