COLUMBIA, S.C. — Richland County deputies have stated that a juvenile has been arrested at the South Carolina State Fair after a fight that happened Saturday night time.
Deputies say that the juvenile will probably be charged with disorderly conduct.
The juvenile was a part of the fight that has been seen in viral movies, the fight happened 40 minutes previous to giant teams of individuals operating for exits after individuals stated they heard gunfire.
Just after 10 p.m. individuals started calling the WLTX newsroom to say they’d seen a big group of individuals operating for the exits and out of the grounds. Videos posted on social media additionally confirmed a portion of what occurred.
“There’s just no evidence to support this statement that there was gunfire at the fair,” stated Major Harry Polis with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. “We would have identified.
Polis stated a bunch of juveniles started operating by means of the truthful telling folks that they’d seen a gun and that pictures had been fired. That triggered a panic within the crowd, resulting in a stampede of individuals the place some individuals fell on the bottom and have been injured. Polis stated a number of individuals have been transported to the hospital from the truthful for remedy, and it is his understanding they have been launched.
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“No one could be ready for the quantity of stampeding that happened final night time,” Polis stated.
But he stated after an investigation, they do not consider there have been any precise pictures fired.
State Fair General Manager Nancy Smith issued the next assertion:
“Earlier tonight, The SC State Fair skilled younger adults operating by means of the grounds in waves, which created a disruption and understandably anxiousness for our patrons.
“We have confirmed with a number of space legislation enforcement businesses that no pictures have been fired on the fairgrounds and, thankfully, no critical accidents occurred.
“Law enforcement was capable of deliver the scenario underneath management in a well timed method and in an abundance of warning, we determined to shut our Midway at 11 p.m.
“We searched and scoured the fair after the crowd had left,” he stated. “There were no shell casings, there was no indication that there had been an actual shooting.”
“All of our deputies are exposed to gunfire as part of our training. We’re very familiar with what gunfire sounds like. None of our deputies–and I asked many times last night, to be absolutely sure–heard gunfire at the fair.”
“He stated the company is conscious of a scuffle that occurred within the truthful, and a social media video of that fight that ended with what many on-line thought was one younger male pointing a gun. However, deputies say it wasn’t a weapon at all.
“We perceive the social media reviews that one thing completely completely different. We’ve seen the video of the person who’s pointing their finger. It’s not a gun. We’ve had investigators look at the video. We are all assured that it’s his hand.”
This picture got here from a Facebook publish of an incident at the 2019 SC State Fair on Saturday, Oct. 12. Richland County Sheriff’s Department investigators have decided that the younger man within the video was elevating his hand, not pointing a gun, and that there have been no pictures fired at the fairgrounds.
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The juvenile who was arrested is NOT the one who’s pointing his finger.
