I am appalled at this situation. What host administrator with half a brain would allow the fans to remain in that gym if multiple fights had broken out and how do weapons get into a public school basketball game? If something such as a death or serious injury to one of the spectators had occurred the person or their relatives could sue the school. If I was working this game and one incident had happened I would have asked the senior administrator to have the gym cleared. If my request was not complied with then I would suspend the game.
Here is another situation from San Francisco, CA:
The story is courtesy of kpix-tv (
www.cbs5.com/sacred.heart.shooting.2.628790.html)
SF Dad Shot Dead Outside Daughter's Baskeball Game
CBS 5 CrimeWatch
Reporting
Joe Vazquez
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 /KCBS /AP /BCN) ― A man shot to death outside his daughter's basketball game at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory High School was identified by police Sunday as a San Francisco anti-violence activist and father of one of the country's leading young players.
Terrell Rogers was shot multiple times while across the street from the school gymnasium during halftime of Saturday night's girls game between top-rated Sacred Heart and visiting Archbishop Mitty High School of San Jose.
The fatal attack happened Saturday around 8:20 p.m. on the north side of Ellis Street between Franklin and Gough, near the Civc Center.
Capt. Al Casciato of the San Francisco Police Department said the victim walked across the street to a parking lot and was then shot several times by two men dressed in dark clothing who had apprached him.
Rogers collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene; the gunmen fled and no arrests had been made as of Sunday.
Investigators would not discuss motives, but said they do not believe it was a random shooting, and indicated that the 39-year-old father of two from Pacifica was likely the intended target.
Rogers' daughter Tierra Rogers is a heavily recruited junior guard for Sacred Heart, a two-time state champion currently ranked by USA Today as the top high school girls basketball team in the country.
Terrell Rogers escaped the life of gangs and, seven years ago co-founded the local nonprofit group, Peacekeepers, that works to reduce violence in the city's Bayview-Hunters Point district. He still headed the group at the time of his death.
Rogers and the other groupmembers took what was once a housing unit in the Alice Griffith Housing Project in Hunters Point and transformed it into a safe haven for kids.
Neighborhood children said they would often go inside the Peacekeepers office and play video games. Rogers also held barbecues for the kids.
Leonard Howard, who described Rogers as his best friend, said the children looked up to him as a role model.
"Any time they had a goal they looked forward to, he'd look positive for them," said Howard. "If he could make it happen, then he would make it happen."
Meantime, Sacred Heart officials issued a statement Sunday offering condolences to the "grieving" Rogers family.
"Out of respect for the grieving family, members of the SHCP community who have lost a father and husband, and to assist with the investigation of the crime, SHCP's only public comment is that our prayers are with the family of the deceased," the school's statement read.
School officials also thanked fans, students, families and friends who were on campus when the shooting occurred and who "maintained calm while exiting events at their conclusion."
The game ended with a score of 51 to 34, a win for Sacred Heart, which is the oldest Catholic school in San Francisco.
Rick Gordillo, a parent of a freshman at Sacred Heart, said the school community is crushed and is wishing the best for Tierra who has been having a great year with the basketball team.
"I think it's tragic. I attended this school, my wife attended this school, my son, my brother. We have a long history in the family, and for us it's a tragic event," added Capt. Casciato.
The SFPD urged anyone with information about the shooting to contact police Inspectors Antonio Casillas or Robert Lynch at (415) 553-1149 or the anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444.