It’s only NFL preseason so games don’t matter, right? Unless you’re a deranged football fan who carries a weapon to a game and pulls it and starts shooting because you may not like someone’s T-shirt.
Two fans leaving the preseason game between the Oakland Raiders and nearby rival San Francisco 49ers were shot
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and one is in serious condition. Police say the pair were leaving the game when the incident occurred in the parking lot of Candlestick Park.
According to police, around 8 p.m., shortly after the 49ers’ 17-3 victory, a 24-year-old man that was wearing a T-shirt with a message slamming the 49ers was shot at point blank range several times in the stomach. The man is said to have then driven his car to security where he got out and stumbled over to them seeking help.
That victim is in a nearby hospital where he was admitted with life-threatening injuries and is joined by another victim, a 20-year-old man who was also hospitalized with less serious bullet wounds. The police have not released the victim’s names but have taken in at least one suspect.
This embarrassing, senseless act joins another incident that occurred this year after a sporting event. On opening day in L.A. Dodgers fans beat San Francisco Giants fan Brian Stow into a coma. The possible assailants in that attack have been arrested and booked by LAPD.
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