Crowds spending Christmas night at Downtown Disney stampeded to safety after false reports of a shooting.
A reported altercation at a restaurant led some to believe that shots had been fired — a rumor quickly dispelled by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Being at downtown Disney and people running towards you screaming “some one is shooting run” is scary. Cops were everywhere
— KingAriel (@AJ_0822) December 26, 2015
A man identified as Dave on Twitter recounted the experience and said he overheard a Disney employee explain the incident started when someone “thought they heard something.”
A representative for Walt Disney World could not be immediately reached by TheBlaze for comment.
