La Salle women's field hockey teams calls for end to 'senseless gun violence' after shooting ends game early

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Last Friday, a women's field hockey game ended abruptly due to a nearby shooting.

Saint Louis and La Salle were facing off at Howarth Field at Temple University in Philadelphia. La Salle, another Philly school, is playing its home games at the field this year.

With 10:45 left in the game, gunshots rang out across the block, leading to just about everyone at the complex being forced to take cover.

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The match between the Shippensburg Raiders and West Chester Golden Rams during the Division II Women's Field Hockey Championship was held at Biemesderfer Stadium on November 21, 2021, in Millersville, Pennsylvania. (Larry French/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

The situation prompted La Salle to break its silence on the "senseless gun violence" incident.

In its statement released Friday, the team said that bullets "began entering the complex," leaving the players in serious danger.

"Everyone on the field was exposed, forced to run for their lives as they heard bullets whizzing overhead, and witness shots crossing the field, some striking the turf. Fans supporting the Explorers and Billikens had to take cover as bullets hit the bleachers where they had been seated. The players who made it to the locker room safety had no idea if their families, friends, and missing teammates were injured," the team wrote and sent in a post on X.

"This is not normal. We cannot accept this as our reality. We are committed to sharing our story - the real story. The public must understand the severity of this ongoing issue, and we cannot achieve that if experiences like ours continue to be deflected.

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