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Published 16:40 20 Jul 2021 GMT
People have voiced their heartbreak and outrage after an eight-year-old girl revealed that the recent shooting at the Nationals game was the second she has experienced.
According to CBS Sports, the game between the Washington Nationals and the San Diego Padres at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. was interrupted on Saturday, July 17, when gunfire erupted from between two cars outside the stadium.
However, initial confusion and panic led to many mistakenly believing that the shooter was inside the baseball park, leading to spectators rushing for the exit. Police later reported that three people were shot in the incident - one of whom was an innocent bystander.
One of the attendees of the game was eight-year-old Faris Nunn, who was sitting by third base when the shots rang out.
Following the incident, Faris was interviewed by WUSA9 and described the chilling experience in a heartbreaking video that has since emerged on social media. You can hear her comments below:
Nunn calmly told the reporter: "I saw people looking that way. And I didn't know what was going on until I heard someone say get down, so I just started going under the seats.
"It was my second shooting, so I was kind of prepared... because I always am expecting something to happen."
A number of social media users have since taken to Twitter to express their outrage over the little girl's trauma.
For example, one person wrote: "THIS is really messed up…any person that’s reasonable should agree this child shouldn’t be this calm when talking about an experience such as this."
Another Twitter user tweeted: "Children shouldn’t have to be prepared for something bad to happen. Our society has a problem, when are kids are exposed to traumatic events, far too often."
Another commented: "The phone of every member of Congress should be ringing off the hook, non-stop, until we get gun law reform.
"How have we allowed ourselves to be a society where we watch something like this & then just have to go on with our days, burying the gutted feeling we have? [sic]"
Per CBS, Saturday's game was suspended for the night in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Padres leading, 8-4. The game would eventually go on to be restarted on Sunday, with the Padres securing a 10-4 win.
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Nearly 1,000 shootings have taken place in the US in just one week, with 430 deaths being recorded last week alone as gun violence continues to surge.
The alarming number of shootings took place between July 17 and 23 as hundreds of innocent people lost their lives in crossfires.
According to ABC News and the Gun Violence Archive, 915 shootings took place across the US, leaving a total of 1,007 people wounded.
There have been 24,000 gun fatalities recorded so far in 2021, per ABC News.
The number of gun deaths this year is expected to pass last year's 43,000+, which was the highest number recorded in at least two decades.
ABC News reports that the states with the most gun violence over the past week were Illinois with 109 incidents, Texas with 63 incidents, Pennsylvania with 59, California with 52, and New York with 48.
What's more, gun violence has also taken place at sporting events last week.
As thousands of fans gathered in Wisconsin to celebrate the Milwaukee Bucks' NBA championship, two shootings broke out in downtown Milwaukee.
Three people were wounded just hours after the Bucks' victory over The Suns.
Last weekend, shots were also fired outside of Nationals Park in Washington DC as people in two vehicles shot at each other outside the park in the middle of a game.
The shooting led to mass panic in the stadium, as fans and players scrambled to run for cover as shots could be heard being fired.
The evening took a turn for the worse when one innocent bystander was shot and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, while two others who were in one of the cars later showed up at area hospitals for treatment for gunshot wounds.
According to the gun violence archive, more than 800 of the victims who have died of gun violence so far in 2021 were under the age of 18. The data showed that 174 were under the age of 12.
Speaking at a CNN town hall event last week, President Joe Biden spoke about the surge in gun violence.
"I'm continuing to push to eliminate the sale of those things," Biden said.
"But I'm not likely to get that done in the near term. So, here's what I've done. The people who, in fact, are using those weapons are acquiring them illegally."
He went on: "And so what happens is, I've gotten the ATF out, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. I have them increase their budget and increase their capacity, along with the Justice Department, to go after the gun shops that are not abiding by the law of doing background checks."
He said his administration also plans to "do major investigations and shut those guys down and put some of them in jail for what they're doing."
Published 15:07 28 May 2022 GMT
A second-grade student has recalled the moment the Texas gunman entered his school on Tuesday and opened fire.
On May 24, an 18-year-old gunman, named by authorities as Salvador Ramos, entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, carrying a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, and high-capacity magazines.
Ramos opened fire on a classroom - killing 19 children between the ages of nine and 11, and two teachers.
The teenager was later shot dead by law enforcement officers.
As the nation continues to mourn the losses of the victims involved in this tragedy, more and more details are starting to emerge regarding the events of that day.
Now, eight-year-old Timothy Silva - a second-grader at Robb Elementary School - has spoken out about the moment Ramos entered the school.
Per CBS News, young Silva was in the classroom next door to the one where Ramos went on his deadly rampage.
He recalls his teacher closing the classroom door and telling her students to hide. "We hid behind desks and chairs," the boy told CBS News.
"We were scared and the teacher started telling us we can pray," he added.
The boy continued: "[The teacher] started yelling and I didn't think it was a drill because they would have announced it. The teacher just went out there and started yanking on our door to go hide."
"I'm glad I wasn't shot," Silva added.
The boy's mom, 40-year-old Amberlin Diaz, told the outlet how she had to wait 40 minutes before knowing whether or not Timothy had survived the ordeal.
"I was thinking that the shooter was shooting everywhere, that it was going to go through one of the walls and shoot him. I was so scared," Diaz said.
The family of 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo, who was in the classroom that Ramos entered, has also spoken out to reveal how she survived the attack.
In an interview with NBC Los Angeles, Miah's aunt and godmother revealed: "Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was dead."
Godmother Blanca Rivera added: "It's too much for me to play that scene over and over again, but that's what my sister-in-law said is that she saw her friend full of blood and she got blood and put it on herself."
Rivera also explained that the child is struggling to cope with the trauma of what happened.
"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I think everything came to reality now,'" Rivera said.
A GoFundMe has been launched by Miah's mom in order to pay for her daughter's medical treatment and get her help for her trauma.
As of this writing, more than $340,000 has been raised from nearly 9,000 donations.
Our thoughts continue to go out to everybody affected by this horrendous tragedy...
Published 16:25 19 Dec 2024 GMT
It was a bad night at the ballpark for one baseball fan on Tuesday night, after they were "shocked" by the response they got from a security guard.
During the game between the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians, the Reds fan rushed the field at the Great American Ballpark. Check out the dramatic moment below:
After pulling off a rather impressive backflip during a break in play in the ninth inning, the fan attempted to flee a pursuing security guard - but, unfortunately for him, he didn't get far enough.
After eventually being tased and detained, the overzealous fan has been identified as 19-year-old William Hendon.
Footage of Hendon being taken down swiftly went viral on a number of social media platforms, including Reddit, where users were quick to share their thoughts on the matter. "Getting tased does not look fun," one person wrote.
"People are desperate for attention," another said. "I imagine social media was somehow involved, either having a buddy film it in hopes of posting it on YouTube or just hoping to brag on Facebook bout it later."
Others highlighted how, given the increase in threats made to players on social media, it was no surprise the security guard took a no-nonsense approach to Hendon running the field.
Hendon later went on to appear in court for his actions -- even having the gall to wear his Reds jersey.
To make matters even worse for Hendon, Cincinnati fell 5-3 at home to the Guardians and dropped to 32-35 overall this season. Meanwhile, Cleveland improved to 43-22 on an electric night at the ballpark.
Not exactly results worth backflipping over... nevertheless, he's now a social media sensation.
Two people have been killed and at least eight people have been injured following multiple shootings near the oceanfront in Virginia Beach.
As reported by CNN, the Virginia Beach Police Department has confirmed at a press briefing on Saturday that eight shooting victims had been found at "the original crime scene" near 20th Street and Atlantic Avenue shortly after 11:00PM on Friday night.
Chief Paul Neudigate then added that while investigating that first shooting, more shots were fired roughly a block away, near 20th Street and Pacific Avenue.
Officials from the police department took to Twitter to warn the public to stay clear of the area.
This second shooting led to an individual "being confronted by a uniform Virginia Beach police officer," who shot and killed the person in what Neudigate called a "police intervention shooting".
A second person - "an adult female", per the release notes - was also killed at a nearby third shooting, Neudigate confirmed, adding that police were investigating, but that the third shooting does not appear to be related to the first two.
A Virginia Beach police officer has also been taken to a nearby hospital after being hit by a car. Their injuries are reportedly non-life-threatening.
Neudigate told reporters earlier today: "What you can see is we have a very chaotic incident, a very chaotic night in the Beach. Many different crime scenes."
Regarding the eight people who have been taken to local hospitals with gunshot wounds, the VBPD states on their official website that "some of these injuries range from serious to life-threatening".
CNN reports that no arrests have been made yet. Additionally, no motive for the shootings has been given.
These incidents come after President Biden called on Congress to ban the sale of assault weapons, in the aftermath of the recent shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Anyone with information regarding this crime is encouraged to call Virginia Beach Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP (1-888-562-5887).
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