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At Least 10 Injured After Active Shooter Rumour Caused Stampede At Barclays Center

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Updated 16:52 29 May 2022 GMT+1Published 16:29 29 May 2022 GMT+1

At Least 10 Injured After Active Shooter Rumour Caused Stampede At Barclays Center

False reports of a gunman sparked fear among the crowd

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

At least 10 people have been injured after rumours of an active shooter sparked a stampede at the Barclay's Center in New York.

Thousands of people gathered at the arena in Brooklyn to watch boxers Geranto Davis and Rolando Romero compete in the World Lightweight Championship when the incident took place last night (28 May).

Following the match, rumours began to spread throughout the crowd that there was an active shooter in the area, prompting attendees to run for their lives just days after two mass shootings rocked the United States.

A spokesperson for the New York Police Department told The Washington Post that a 'loud disturbance' prompted attendees to break into a stampede just after midnight local time on Sunday, but assured the reports were false.

"Once we looked into it, we found it was a bunch of nothing," the spokesperson said.

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Detective Adam Navarro revealed ten people suffered minor injuries as a result of the crowd surge and have since been transported to hospitals for treatment.

There were false rumours of an active shooter at the Barclays Center.
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Tennis star Naomi Osaka was in attendance at the boxing match when those in the arena started to panic and described herself as 'so f**king petrified' in a post shared on Twitter.

After getting out of the arena, she wrote: "I was just in the Barclays Center and suddenly I heard shouting and saw people running, then we were being yelled at that there was an active shooter and we had to huddle in a room and close the doors... I really hope everyone made it out safely, since I’m tweeting this we made it out OK."

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Stefan Bondy, a sports reporter for the New York Daily News who was also at the boxing match on Saturday, tweeted: "I was inside Barclays Center and end of fight, as everybody was clearing out, there were reports of gunshots.

"I didn’t hear them but security guard said report on radio was it occurred on concourse. Crazy stampede of people followed. Scary scene."

Speaking to the New York Post, Ryan Songalia, a boxing reporter for the Ring, said fans are 'used to brawls at boxing events', but that fears were heightened due to 'recent headlines and the panic of the crowd'.

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Earlier this month, 10 people were killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York just days before 19 school children and two adults lost their lives in a shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

"Thankfully we were able to return to our seats to file our stories and exit safely," Songalia continued, though he said people were 'definitely frightened' and had been 'running for their lives'.

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Featured Image Credit: @ryansongalia/Twitter

Topics: Sport, US News, Crime

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is UNILAD Editorial Lead at LADbible Group. She first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route - before graduating with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University. Emily joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features. She went on to become Community Desk Lead, commissioning and writing human interest stories from across the globe, before moving to the role of Editorial Lead. Emily now works alongside the UNILAD Editor to ensure the page delivers accurate, interesting and high quality content.

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