Barclays Center Stampede Triggered by Rumored Gunshot Noise Leaves 10 Injured
thewrap.com10 people injured.Brooklyn’s ABC 4 reported that thousands of people were leaving the venue around 1 a.m. after Gervonta Davis defeated Rolando Romero when a noise from the street incited panic.
According to NYPD, many began to rush out of the building, while others ran back in to take cover from the purported gunman.Hours later, NYPD’s 78th precinct tweeted that no shots were fired, though they did not state what had caused the noise.
Police told the New York Times that 10 people were taken to a hospital and treated for minor injuries that they had sustained during the commotion.Scary moment as crowds pour back into Barclays Center, my fear was a shooting but those fears proved unfounded.
pic.twitter.com/pcBdfwWpltSome of the attendees documented the chaos on social media. Ring Magazine reporter Ryan Songalia took a video of people running through the seats as someone can be heard asking if there are guns.Shortly after the incident, ESPN’s Mike Coppinger tweeted that a security supervisor said the stampede began when a person in the main plaza was spotted carrying a gun.
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