A community festival at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) parish in Toledo, Ohio turned chaotic Saturday evening after witnesses reported a gun was pulled and at least one shot was fired, sending hundreds of attendees scrambling to get away.
No injuries were confirmed in early reports circulating on social media, but the incident rattled a crowd that had gathered for what is typically one of the neighborhood’s most anticipated summer events.
Eyewitnesses Describe Chaos Near the Food Area
Multiple people who were at the festival took to Facebook within minutes of the incident, describing a scene of sudden panic.
Jean Kara, one of the first to post, wrote that someone pulled a gun and that while nobody was shot, a round was fired. Her account was quickly backed up by others who said they could hear the gunshot clearly, including in video footage that began circulating online…