The fan who allegedly attacked an usher throughout a Washington Nationals sport on Tuesday has been recognized as a firefighter at the moment on administrative go away.
Christopher Sullivan of Charles City, West Virginia, was positioned on administrative go away “in a separate personnel matter” on Aug. 31, a rep for the DC Fireplace and EMS confirmed to Fox 5 DC. The DC Fireplace and EMS additionally condemned the 54-year-old’s conduct in a press release.
“The actions witnessed within the video are completely unacceptable. Our division was notified on September 27, 2022, that an worker of our company had been arrested and charged with easy assault by Metropolitan Police. Previous to this incident, the person was on administrative go away with pay, pending the end result of an inner personnel course of,” the assertion learn.
“He'll stay on go away as our inner investigation into this matter continues.”
Footage of the incident went viral on social media this week, which confirmed Sullivan getting bodily with an usher. Sullivan instructed CBS affiliate WUSA9 that he was searching for a buddy with season tickets upon getting into the field-level part at Nationals Park.
Upon heckling Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna, Sullivan is claimed to have attracted the eye of visitor providers staffers. An usher tried to maintain Sullivan shifting up a set of stairs, with the latter showing to strike the employee. Sullivan appeared bloodied because of the confrontation.
Sullivan was arrested for easy assault stemming from Tuesday’s incident and has since been banned from Nationals Park for 5 years.
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