Fight, popping balloons cause false active shooter reports at Magic Kingdom, deputies say

Published: Aug 29, 2024 Duration: 00:01:36 Category: News & Politics

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REPORTING LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH TWO NEWS. THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS NO ONE IS FACING CHARGES FOR A FIGHT THAT CAUSED A PANIC AT DISNEY WORLD AND EVEN STARTED RUMORS OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. BUT OFFICIALS SAY THAT IS NOT TRUE. NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED. WESH TWO BOB HAZEN TELLS US SOME PEOPLE APPARENTLY THOUGHT THEY HEARD A GUNSHOT. THERE WAS A LOT OF SCARED PEOPLE. THEY SAW A FIGHT. THEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE. BUT OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS NO SHOOTING. A PERSON WHO WAS AT DISNEY SHARED THIS WITH US. AND YOU CAN SEE CUPS AND MERCHANDISE TOSSED ON THE FLOOR, PEOPLE DUCKING FOR COVER BEHIND SHELVES AT THE EMPORIUM STORE. IT'S THE AFTERMATH OF THE SCARE THAT SENT PEOPLE RUNNING THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THERE WAS IN FACT, A FIGHT AT THE MAGIC KINGDOM. WHILE THAT WAS HAPPENING, PEOPLE HEARD SOME LOUD POPPING NOISES. SOME APPARENTLY ASSUMED THOSE SOUNDS WERE GUNSHOTS. IT TURNED INTO PEOPLE SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY AND RUMORS OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE NOW SAYS THAT WAS NOT TRUE. THEY BELIEVE THE NOISES WERE JUST BALLOONS POPPING AND NO ONE FIRED ANY ACTUAL SHOTS. DISNEY SENT US A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, WE APPRECIATE THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO QUICKLY ASSESS AND CLEAR THE SITUATION. THEY GOT BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS IN THE PARK, CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT. TODAY, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT FIGHT ALL DECIDED THEY DID NOT WANT TO PRESS CHARGES AND NO ONE WAS

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