An incident occurred just as the final period of Saturday night's Best of Preps jamboree began.
According to an official release from the Chattanooga Police Department, officers and on-site security were monitoring pedestrian traffic within Finley Stadium when they noticed a large gathering under the concourse.
Officers attempted to intervene in what appeared to be a fight. In the process, a Hamilton County deputy deployed his Taser and the sound of the Taser was mistaken for a gunshot, causing panic within the stadium.
The stadium was then evacuated to prevent injury and continued panic among patrons. One juvenile was taken into custody due to the fight. Charges are not known at this time.
Law enforcement as well as contracted security worked the event to ensure no weapons were brought into the venue. No one was harmed in the incident and no weapons were involved in the fight.
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Officials details from CPD on incident that occurred during late stages of Saturday night's #BestofPreps jamboree (multiple tweets coming): Police and on-site security were monitoring pedestrian traffic within Finley Stadium when they noticed a large gathering under the concourse
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) August 14, 2022
An incident has occurred just before #BestofPreps jamboree ended. According to multiple eye witnesses, a fight broke out in the concourse area and escalated, requiring at least one person to be tased. No report of a gun, but enough cause for concern for the stadium to be cleared pic.twitter.com/6gjbnqWyJI
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) August 14, 2022