Softball players and their coaches ran for cover during a Friday night game after someone started shooting a rifle near their Riverside field.

Fortunately, no one was wounded, but the situation left parents holding their breath and worried about their children's safety.

"You know, grandmas and grandpas and mothers and dads fearing for their kids' lives," parent Roxana Portillo said. "We're having fun, kids are having fun. This is what it's supposed to be, kids having fun — not expecting something like that will happen."

Portillo's two daughters and their softball team were in the middle of a play at La Sierra Park when the gunfire started. At first, she thought loud pops were fireworks.

"I stood up because we were sitting down watching," Portillo said. "The girls stood up. I asked my h

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