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Report: Police Feared Shooting During MLB All-Star Game After Weapons Found at Hotel

Police in Denver were reportedly fearful about a potential mass shooting during the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Per Liz Gelardi, Tony Kovaleski and Oscar Contreras of Denver's ABC 7 affiliate, police arrested four people and "removed 16 long guns, body armor and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition" from a hotel room located close to Coors Field.

According to the report, a hotel maid tipped off law enforcement about the weapons and ammunition Friday night.

Multiple law enforcement sources told Gelardi, Kovaleski and Contreras that the number of weapons, amount of ammo, vantage point of the hotel room (which included a balcony overlooking downtown) and large crowds gathering in a single location for the All-Star festivities "could have resulted in a Las Vegas-style shooting.