Just kids playing baseball.”Ĭrimestoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case. “Somebody knows, and it’s our children in our community that we’re trying to look out for and protect. “Somebody knows something about what happened here,” Bentley said. Sheriff’s deputies are looking for additional video of the incident, and have asked that anyone with information about the shooting come forward. Palomar College said on Twitter that it lifted the campus lockdown shortly before 9:30 p.m. He declined to say from which direction the bullet may have come, citing the ongoing investigation. No suspects were located.īentley, who is based out of the department’s San Marcos station, said deputies recovered at least one projectile from the scene. “They collected some evidence and they searched with a canine” and had a sheriff’s helicopter check out the area, he said. “The amazing youth umpires, coaches, and families on site reacted quickly and got everyone to a safe location.”ĭeputies canvassed the entire area and made sure there were no victims, Lanning said. “I am so grateful to say that no one was physically harmed in this incident,” Max wrote. League officials said they believe the shot was fired from the south side of the park, near a different baseball field, Max said in the email. Sheriff’s Detective Brian Bentley said Tuesday the department will provide extra patrols when play at the field resumes.Īccording to an email sent to league parents Monday night, a bullet “bounced on Field 5” between first and second base during a game before “landing in the dugout.” League President Dan Max said three to five shots were heard. San Marcos Youth Baseball league, which plays its games at Mission Sports Park, canceled all activities at the park Tuesday.

The campus is less than a mile from the sports park. Lanning said college officials decided to put Palomar on lockdown as a precaution. “So there was one round that landed there.”

“The people playing baseball noticed one of the rounds landed nearby,” Lanning said. He said there were about 200 people in the park at the time of the shooting. No shell casings were found at the field or near the water district building, Lanning said. Some said they thought the shots came from a Vallecitos Water District building across the park, he said. Witnesses who called 911 said they heard between seven and nine shots being fired at Mission Sports Park on Bailey Court near Mission Road around 7:45 p.m., sheriff’s Lt. Sheriff’s officials and Crime Stoppers released a clip of the same video, highlighting the second the bullet hits the field.

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