Over 20 incidents involving guns at youth sporting events in recent weeks, gun safety group finds

There have been over 20 incidents involving guns at youth sporting events in the past month, according to tracking by gun control advocate Everytown For Gun Safety.

Since fall sports returned, there have been over 20 incidents involving guns at youth sporting events in recent weeks, according to tracking by gun control advocate Everytown for Gun Safety.

The incidents, which were tallied based on local media reports, include several violent shootings, some of which resulted in fatalities. Other cases involved parents and spectators brandishing or firing guns at soccer fields.

"These are places where kids should feel safe, empowered," Shannon Watts, founder of Everytown subsidiary Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, told ABC News. "This is just one more way that guns are penetrating our kids' schools and activities and traumatizing them."

Between Aug. 20 and Sept. 25, Everytown tracked 22 incidents involving guns at football games and soccer matches, from Little League to college, in 14 states. Some turned deadly, including a college football game in Durham, North Carolina, on Sept. 18, where police said two people were fatally shot.