A woman and her 2-year-old son die after falling from a San Diego Padres stadium balcony

A mother and her 2-year-old son died Saturday after falling from the third level of Petco Park Stadium in San Diego as thousands of fans entered a Padres baseball game. 

Police pronounced them dead at 4:11 pm, about 20 minutes after receiving the alert, according to the San Diego Tribune newspaper.

Lt. Andra Brown of the San Diego Police Department explained to the press that it is still too early to know if the fall was intentional or accidental, but the deaths seem "suspicious." 

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The 40-year-old woman and her son fell from a balcony on an esplanade of the stadium, located six stories high, according to NBC News. 

When the police arrived at the scene, there was nothing to do.

"Sadly, it was very apparent that they were both dead, yet (the police) tried to resurrect them with the off chance that they might still be alive," Lieutenant Brown explained.

Their names have not been released, but they were both identified as San Diego residents.

"Obviously, our hearts go out to the family, but also to the people here who could potentially be traumatized and who saw this," Brown said, as reported by the San Diego Tribune.

“It's a horrible, horrible thing.

That is why we are looking at it very seriously. " 

Some witnesses described a traumatic scene to the local newspaper.

A man who did not want to be identified explained to the San Diego Tribune that his wife witnessed the fall.

She told him that it appeared the boy fell from an area with picnic tables, and the mother also fell while trying to grab her son. 

On social media, some people were surprised that the game between the San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves was going on even with the tragedy that had occurred at the stadium.

The game began at 4:15 pm, just at the time when the police and emergency forces were taking care of the case. 

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Some photographs shared on social media by reporters and the media show the area of ​​the tragedy cordoned off by police and patrols on the sidewalk, and offer a clearer perspective of the height from which the woman and child fell. 

Petco Park was opened in 2004. It seats 44,000 and is the home of the San Diego Padres baseball team.Jae C. Hong / AP

The mother and child were at a concourse level food court before the crash, Police Lt. Adam T. Sharki told the San Diego Tribune.

The boy's father was at the stadium when the deaths occurred, police said, although it is unclear if he was with his family when the tragedy occurred. 

San Diego police asked for information from people who may have seen something or have data to help determine the causes of the fall.