According to local news media, on Sunday afternoon, many people were trampled on an indoor sports field near Lancaster County, Pennsylvania due to fear of a suspected shooting.
According to reports, at 2:26 pm, after a battle prompted a group of athletes and spectators to flee the complex, several emergency rescue units including multiple firefighters and at least three medical personnel were called to the Spooky Nook Sports Complex. . Lancaster OnlineAs a result, several people were reportedly trampled.
East Hempfield Town Officer Diane Garber (Diane Garber) Policemen According to the department, police officers were initially sent to the sports center to report the shooting. However, Garber told the news media on Sunday afternoon that there is currently no evidence of shooting and no reports of gunshot wounds.
Currently, the police believe that the so-called fighting has caused people’s fear of shooting and urged people to leave the complex as soon as possible. Lancaster Online Report.
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An earlier report from Lancaster County-Wide Communications stated that at least two people were injured this afternoon. Garber could not confirm how many people were injured, but said it is believed that fewer than 12 people were injured and none of the injuries were life-threatening. Other news reports indicate that as many as 10 people may have been trampled.
Lancaster County Express told the local news station that the current situation is “chaotic” and individuals should avoid traveling to the area. Since then, as investigators continued to process and clean the building, the police closed some roads outside the stadium. Lancaster Online Report.
Weekly newspaper Spooky Nook Sports and the East Hempfield Town Police Department have been contacted for comment and will update this story as more information as it becomes available.
On Sunday afternoon, several people tweeted about the incident, and multiple accounts shared video clips of the alleged shooting on the Internet. In the video, people can see people watching a basketball game in the arena, and then the crowd starts to run frantically towards the exit.
“Pray everyone at Spooky Nook is safe,” a women’s basketball team wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
Spooky Nook Stadium describes itself as “the largest indoor stadium in the United States, providing regular venues and playgrounds for more than a dozen sports under one roof.”
The complex is located on Spooky Nook Rd. Mannheim, Pennsylvania is a 700,000-square-foot facility that offers a variety of indoor and outdoor fields and courts for hockey, football, football, basketball, etc.
