Madonna and Naomi Osaka were among the celebrities on hand for Saturday night’s boxing match between Devonte Davis and Rolando Romero at Barclays Center when rumours of an active shooter in the arena led to panic, resulting in a stampede that left several people injured.
As CNN reports, an NYPD spokesman said that a “sound disturbance” within the indoor arena was mistakenly thought to be gunfire, leading attendees at the event to rush to the exits; 10 people were reported to have suffered minor injuries, and were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. READ MORE: Meghan Markle Visits Uvalde, Texas To Pay Her Respects To The Victims Of The Elementary School Shooting Police ultimately “determined that no shots were fired.” Osaka took to Twitter to share her experience at the venue, admitting she was “petrified” by the chaos that ensued. “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,” Osaka wrote.
In a follow-up tweet, the four-time tennis Grand Slam champion said: “I really hope everyone made it out safely, since I’m tweeting this we made it out ok.”
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