At least three people were hospitalised after a fight broke out during AAU Junior Olympic Games at North Carolina A&T State University on Tuesday afternoon. The stadium was evacuated and kids and parents started running in fear, assuming that a gunshot was fired. However, authorities confirmed that no shots were fired and that some sort of fighting sparked the incident.

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The fight reportedly broke out just before 1:30 pm at a souvenir tent during a track and field event. GCEMS Deputy Public Information Officer Scott Muthersbaugh told Fox 8 that Guilford County Emergency Services worked with about 10 patients and three others were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

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“I was doing my warmup lap when I first started seeing everybody running,” said Bianca Evuleocha, one of the competitors, told Fox 8.

“I didn’t know what was going on of course. I was crossing a couple of people. I heard there was someone who had a gun, and there was fight that broke out. That’s when I started running toward my mom, trying to find my mom.”

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The stadium was evacuated and the events were temporarily suspended. 

AAU Track and Field released a statement saying, “Following a fight under the stands during the AAU Junior Olympic Games track meet today at Truist Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina, as confirmed by both the Greensboro Police Department and the city’s 911 dispatch center, the meet was suspended, but will resume tomorrow at the same location. A revised schedule will be emailed to participants.”

A witness on social media claimed that a gunshot caused people to flee in terror.