A police investigation has concluded that a San Diego mother intentionally killed herself and her 2-year-old son last September when they fell off a six-story concourse at Petco Park before a Padres game, a homicide lieutenant said Wednesday. The attorney said he believes the San Diego Police Department is trying to shield the city — which owns 70 percent of Petco Park — from liability in the deaths of the mother and son. “The city of San Diego owns that ballpark, it is legally responsible, assuming that what caused her to fall was anything but her intent,” Gilleon said Wednesday. A memorial outside Petco Park on Monday, Sept. 27, for a woman and child who died there following a fall two days earlier. The Padres, who own 30 percent of Petco Park, issued a statement the morning after the deaths saying the team was “deeply saddened by the loss of life at Petco Park last evening.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 20, 2022 13:08 UTC