VIDEO: Chaotic scene at Nationals game as fans panic when gunfire erupts outside Nationals Park



A chaotic scene erupted during Saturday night's Washington Nationals game against the San Diego Padres following a shooting outside the Washington, D.C. stadium. Panicked baseball fans were seen running after they heard gunfire.

Videos on Twitter show the moment that gunfire was reportedly heard outside of Nationals Park near the third base gate. At around 9:30 pm, panic-stricken fans and players from both MLB teams were seen scurrying for shelter after loud noises were heard during the bottom of the sixth inning.

Fans could be seen running onto the field and into the dugouts at Nationals Park as the PA announcer tells fans to… https://t.co/t5tKpwH8K6

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) 1626573110.0


Hope everyone is safe at Nationals park. I heard a few loud bangs and then a mass exodus. View from my roof https://t.co/MA1B7z83u2

— Jalen Drummond (@jalen_drummond) 1626572158.0


Frightened Nationals fans took cover at the report of what *sounded like* shots at Nats ballpark. But staff are tel… https://t.co/FVGmOHdkoS

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) 1626572444.0

Padres beat reporter Kevin Acee said San Diego players, including star Fernando Tatis Jr., "grabbed family members" from the stands and "brought them to the clubhouse."

Players, including Fernando Tatis Jr. Just ran into stands and grabbed family members and brought them to clubhouse. https://t.co/DlC1bSv3I7

— Kevin Acee (@sdutKevinAcee) 1626572200.0

"Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please," an announcer at Nationals Park said. "At this time we ask that you to remain in the stadium. Please remain calm."

The Washington Nationals official Twitter account stated: "A shooting has been reported outside of the Third Base Gate at Nationals Park. Fans are encouraged to exit the ballpark via the CF and RF gates at this time. We're working with law enforcement to provide more information as soon as it becomes available."

#Nationals game have has been stopped in the 6th inning https://t.co/3NicGlfA7X

— Jonathan Warner (@Jon_E_Warner) 1626572584.0

Hugo Lowell, a congressional reporter for the Guardian, reported: "Breaking: At least two people are confirmed to have been shot outside the Nationals stadium tonight, per DC Metro Police. One woman who was shot was briefly treated by first responders in the stadium."

Breaking: At least two people are confirmed to have been shot outside the Nationals stadium tonight, per DC Metro P… https://t.co/CHH9lsq3P2

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) 1626573210.0

The DC Police Department released a statement: "MPD is responding to a shooting in the 1500 block of South Capitol Street, SW, in which two people where shot outside of Nationals Park. This is currently an active investigation and it appears there is no ongoing threat at this time. Two additional victims associated with this incident walked into area hospitals for treatment of gunshot wounds. MPD is on scene and actively investigating at this time."

Two additional victims associated with this incident walked into area hospitals for treatment of gunshot wounds. MP… https://t.co/OgA50jB78b

— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) 1626574590.0


Firetrucks and ambulance driving north on South Capitol outside Nationals Park. Police cars swarming a few blocks u… https://t.co/ygIU34Jbdr

— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) 1626572666.0


Full scene. Police are now lining up on South Capitol, and they seem to be corralling eye witnesses to the situatio… https://t.co/WA5f0CU8ab

— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) 1626574040.0

The Nationals game was suspended and will be resumed tomorrow at 1:05 pm.

Tonight's game has been suspended due to an incident surrounding Nationals Park.It will resume tomorrow, Sunday,… https://t.co/Y9HUSTUrmx

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) 1626574294.0



Mainstream media reporters confront, expose Jen Psaki's hypocrisy on 'anonymous sources'



Mainstream media reporters confronted White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday after she deflected questions about the alleged "abusive environment" of Vice President Kamala Harris' office.

What is the background?

Harris has become the focus of scrutiny in recent weeks after several reports alleged a toxic environment in her West Wing office.

"Harris' team is experiencing low morale, porous lines of communication and diminished trust among aides and senior officials," Politico recently reported. "In interviews, 22 current and former vice presidential aides, administration officials and associates of Harris and Biden described a tense and at times dour office atmosphere."

The focus comes after Harris took heat for abdicating her responsibility to take charge of the border crisis. Despite President Joe Biden tasking Harris with leading the administration's response to the crisis, it took Harris three months before she visited the U.S.-Mexico border. And even then, Harris only visited El Paso, a city hundreds of miles removed from the epicenter of the crisis.

What did the reporters say?

During Friday's press briefing, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked Psaki whether the White House is concerned about the allegations of an "abusive environment" in Harris' office.

In response, Psaki said, "I try not to speak to or engage on anonymous reports or anonymous sources."

But that's not actually true, according to Bloomberg News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. In fact, Jacobs, who covers the White House, said Psaki routinely engages in "anonymous briefings" herself.

"'I try not to speak to or engage on anonymous reports or anonymous sources,' says @PressSec Jen Psaki, whose team regularly organizes anonymous briefings on topics in the news," Jacobs said.

Psaki quickly responded by claiming a distinction between her anonymous briefings and White House staffers giving anonymous accounts of the alleged "abusive environment" in Harris' office.

"I think everyone knows the difference between attacking someone as an anonymous source and providing details on a policy announcement to reporters in an effort to provide information and answer media questions," Psaki said.

@JenniferJJacobs I think everyone knows the difference between attacking someone as an anonymous source and providi… https://t.co/UtSwHT4QBU

— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) 1625250428.0

But not so fast, said reporters from the New York Times, Bloomberg, the Los Angeles Times, and Politico.

  • New York Times' Peter Baker: "Point taken. And this is true with every White House. But with all respect, why should 'providing details on a policy announcement' be done anonymously in a transparent and open democratic society?"
  • Bloomberg's Gregory Korte: "Arguably granting anonymity to people who could lose their jobs for talking to the press is more defensible than anonymity for people whose *job* it is to speak to the press. Speaking 'on background' about administration policy is a weird D.C. practice I've never understood."
  • Politico's Nahal Toosi: "Actually, shouldn't you have even less of a reason to be anonymous if you're simply 'providing details on a policy announcement…'?"
  • Los Angeles Times' Molly O'Toole: "Everyone doesn't know difference between these ex of anonymity, because there isn't one: Both are abuses of anonymity, which should be rare & reserved for serious risk of physical or prof harm (for whistleblowers, not politics). Attacks & answering media questions(?!) not valid."

Trump reportedly bans Pence chief of staff Marc Short from White House



President Donald Trump reportedly banned Marc Short, Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, from the White House after Pence did not try to overturn the Electoral College results.

What's a brief history here?

Ahead of Wednesday's certification, Trump urged Pence to challenge the results, even though Pence did not have unilateral authority to do so, Business Insider reported.

Ahead of the vote, Pence issued a statement on the certification, which stated, "It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not."

When Pence refused to comply with Trump's urging, Trump blasted the vice president for not having the "courage to do what should have been done" during the largely procedural vote.

In a since-deleted tweet, the president said, "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!"

What are the details?

On Wednesday night, Bloomberg reporter Saleha Mohsin reported that Trump banned Short from the White House.

Mohsin took to Twitter with the report, writing, "Trump banned Pence chief of staff Marc Short from the WH today, sources tell @JenniferJJacobs, me, and @josh_wingrove[.] Top WH advisers including [national security adviser Robert] O'Brien, [deputy chief of staff Chris] Liddell, and [deputy national security adviser Matt] Pottinger are thinking about resigning after today's events, we are told."

Trump banned Pence chief of staff Marc Short from the WH today, sources tell @JenniferJJacobs, me and… https://t.co/TRVu7ObZEs
— Saleha Mohsin (@Saleha Mohsin)1609985383.0

RealClearNews' White House reporter Philip Melanchthon Wegmann said that the move was because Trump reportedly blamed Short for advice he reportedly provided to Pence regarding the Electoral College certification.

In a late-night tweet, he wrote, "CONFIRMED: Short tells me he is not allowed back on White House grounds: 'He's blaming me for advice to VP.'"

Short himself has not publicly commented on the report at the time of this reporting.

CONFIRMED: Short tells me he is not allowed back on White House grounds: "He's blaming me for advice to VP." https://t.co/EnfYIidVMF
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@Philip Melanchthon Wegmann)1609993873.0