DC firefighter charged with assault, banned from Nationals Park

A firefighter has been charged with assault and banned from Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., after a video went viral of him getting right into a bodily altercation with a stadium worker.

Christopher Sullivan, who was already on paid administrative go away from his job with the District of Columbia Hearth and Emergency Medical Providers Division, was charged with easy assault after shouting obscenities at ballpark ushers and refusing to exit a stadium part that he didn't have tickets for, in keeping with police reviews. Sullivan is then seen punching an usher after the worker tried to push him out, prompting officers from the Metropolitan Police Division to intervene.

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Sullivan had tried to enter the decrease part close to the Atlanta Braves dugout to search for a good friend who was sitting there, he informed native information outlet WUSA9. Whereas there, Sullivan started heckling a Braves participant, prompting ballpark employees to ask him to go away.

“For the report, the Nationals Park worker who’s being reported because the sufferer known as a visitor service consultant (a fancier title for an usher), and I can guarantee you it’s not in his job description to position his palms or physique on any followers,” Sullivan informed the outlet.

The district's hearth division confirmed Sullivan goes to stay on administrative go away pending the outcomes of a separate investigation into his office conduct filed earlier than Sullivan was arrested. It’s not clear why Sullivan is underneath investigation, however sources informed NBC Washington it was due to threats he had made to superiors and others within the division.

“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,” the company stated in a press release. “Previous to this incident, the person was on administrative go away with pay, pending the end result of an inner personnel course of. He'll stay on go away as our inner investigation into this matter continues.”

Sullivan had been beforehand terminated from his place as a firefighter however was later reinstated in 2013 when Kenneth Ellerbe was appointed as the hearth chief.

Along with his felony expenses, Sullivan has additionally been banned from Nationals Park for 5 years, in keeping with the stadium.