The event reflected the nervousness in the United States after the recent shootings at a school in Uvalde and at a supermarket in Buffalo
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Several people were injured last morning in a New York stadium when panic broke out when several people mistook noises for gunshots and caused a stampede.
The event reflected the nervousness that exists in the United States after the recent shootings at a school in Uvalde (Texas) and in a supermarket in Buffalo (New York), as well as several violent incidents with great repercussion in the New York subway.
The events took place at the end of a boxing match between Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero at the Barclays Center, the court where the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA usually play their games, which was already emptying after the fight.
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Moment of the fight between Rolando Romero and Gervonta Davis. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by AL BELLO/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP)
A dozen people were slightly injured and treated at area hospitals after that several noises were mistaken for gunshots causing part of the public to flee running to try to be safe.
Ryan Songalia, a journalist who works for The Ring magazine, said he heard a commotion and suddenly dozens of people started running back to the arena. All this happened when the boxing match was over and only the media workers and the event’s production remained in the stadium, reported The New York Times.
Songalia thought a fight had broken out among the attendees, but then she noticed that people panicked.
“ It seemed like they were running for their lives ”, he told The New York Times .
Boxing match between Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero at Barclays Center on Saturday night
“We live in this country and there have been a lot of bad headlines lately,” Songalia said. “PI thought our worst fears would come true”.
Among those attending the event was the Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, who via Twitter explained that she heard screaming and saw people running and talking about a shooter in the stadium, which left her “petrified”.
The New York Police Department (NYPD), after investigating what happened, confirmed that no shots had been fired and that the entire episode was the result of confusion that triggered panic.
(With EFE information)