Padres pulled kids into dugout during shooting near Nationals Park

Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado, and Wil Myers rushed to get children out of the stands and into the San Diego Padres' dugout during a game against the Washington Nationals Saturday while a shooting happened outside Nationals Park.

Here is the footage of Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers helping fans when in fear (of the shooting at Nationals Park). pic.twitter.com/9ApuHIs4Oy
— Dan Clark (@DanClarkSports) July 18, 2021

Taits said he was protecting his teammates' families that were in attendance.

"There were little kids. I felt like somebody needed to go get them," Tatis said Sunday, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune's Kevin Acee.

The 22-year-old acknowledged a situation like that is bigger than baseball.

"There’s no longer players, fans. Everybody's just people, just human beings out there," Tatis said, according to MLB.com's AJ Cassavell.

After the game was suspended, Tatis tweeted he was thinking of everybody involved in the incident.

Hope everyone is safe! Just keep the prayers up🙏🏾 thank you everyone that help in the front line ! God bless 🙏🏾
— Fernando Tatis Jr. (@tatis_jr) July 18, 2021