Fans & players FLEE Nationals Park stadium in DC during game as shooting reported outside (VIDEOS)

Shots that rang out near a base gate outside Nationals Park stadium in Washington, DC, have prompted spectators and players to flee in panic ignoring announcer’s pleas to stay put. Videos have emerged showing the exodus.

You can hear the gunshots just as the broadcast cuts away pic.twitter.com/tBmbZaR3GB

— Jack Leonardi (@JackLeonardi) 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

Players, including Fernando Tatis Jr. Just ran into stands and grabbed family members and brought them to clubhouse. pic.twitter.com/DlC1bSv3I7

— Kevin Acee (@sdutKevinAcee) July 18, 2021

Fans could be seen running onto the field and into the dugouts at Nationals Park as the PA announcer tells fans to remain in the same stadium with reports of an active shooter outside pic.twitter.com/wPm4uaKdRm

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 18, 2021

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