As ticketholders exit Barclays Center boxing match, stampede injures 10 after false report of gunshots. No statement from arena yet.

The return of big-time boxing to Brooklyn was marred by chaos, as ticketholders exited.

After a Saturday night (May 28) boxing match at the Barclays Center, loud noises outside--still unidentified, but who knows, maybe engines?--were identified as gunshots, causing a stampede, at a time when mass shootings in America have put people on edge.

Ten people were injured. (The time of all this was actually early Sunday morning.) Here's a report from CBS:

 

Notably, the arena itself hasn't issued a statement, though yesterday tweeted an image of celebrity Madonna at the sold-out fight night, as seen below.

The incident obvious raises questions about how well the arena is prepared for such incidents, and what it might do differently in the future.

Ten people were injured at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn early Sunday when a loud noise heard on the street sent people running to escape what they thought was a gunman. Police said no shots were fired, but they couldn't say what caused the noise. https://t.co/5RiN2b2JP2

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 29, 2022

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 was so fucking petrified man.

— NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) May 29, 2022

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.

— Stefan Bondy (@SBondyNYDN) May 29, 2022

Major 👑 energy @Madonna pic.twitter.com/0Ub4ewMnBP

— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) May 30, 2022

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