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So I was refing little league games on Saturday. The games were at a local middle school and four fields were running five games each. I was white hat on field one which had 13-15 year old all day.
Halftime was just ending on my third game when a cop comes running out onto the field. He informs me that someone had been spotted on the roof of the school with what looks like a gun case. The cop asks me to clear my field of players and fans and move everyone to the parking lot. I then had to go stop a couple of the other games and have them move clear out.
The cops had three snipers in the parking lot with guns trained on the alleged sniper while several others climbed onto the roof. Turns out the guy up there snuck on the roof to tape his sons game and he wasn't carrying a rifle case but a video camera case and camp chair (which was in a sleeve). The cops made the guy get on the ground at gunpoint, cuffed him, and took him away. They ended up citing him for tresspassing.
The situation lasted about thirty minutes. About ten minutes after we'd started the games up again all four networks had camera crews at the field. three of the networks affiliates had helicopters overhead as well. The situation led the evening news on all four network affiliates.
Who says small ball never gets any press? lol