Fortunately, there were no gunshot victims. Officers heard gunshots and confirmed shots were fired through witness statements. Late Tuesday afternoon, Frisco Police Chief David Shilson said in a statement, "What we saw Saturday night at the Frisco Fair posed a threat to Fairgoers, surrounding residences, and businesses. The city says the fair's remaining schedule has been canceled. Talley’s attorneys say they are considering next steps to either reopen the event with additional safeguards or to recoup hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue and expenses caused by the city’s actions. In a statement to FOX 4, Talley’s attorney said, "The security plan Frisco approved included employing nine off-duty police officers." the organizer - says they were only locked after the event was closed. The city says that emergency gates either did not exist or were padlocked shut. Emergency egress gates were non-existent and/or padlocked." The response to resolve the complaints took approximately two hours, requiring 26 police.
The city says it revoked the fair's permit due to "multiple calls regarding disruptive behavior, arguments, fights and gunshots. "If they have to pay admission every time they go in and out, they will find trouble," Gutierrez said. In previous years, teens could hang out with friends inside the fair for free. Videos show some of the chaos at the Frisco Fair Saturday night, which prompted the city to revoke the fair's special use permit. Video from Frisco Fair shows chaos that led to event's cancellation Gutierrez and the Hendersons say the tension seemed to surround the new gate and the requirement to pay admission this year. Kids were taunting them."ĭominic Gutierrez, a father of three, also lives nearby. They were on their phones, yelling at everyone to go home. Heard several people say he has a gun," Jordan recalled. It was a recipe for disaster," Keith recalled.
"75-100 unsupervised teenagers with maybe four police officers. The Hendersons say they saw the disruption Saturday night. "We get excited about it for months," Keith said. We’ve been attending the fair every year," Jordan said. They are disappointed that the fair is now shut down after the city revoked its special use permit. Jordan and Keith Henderson live in the apartment complex adjacent to the fair with their 5-year-old daughter, Harlow.
However, no arrests were made as a result of these calls, nor any known gunshot victims." FPD officers responded to multiple disturbances at the location, including a report of shots fired. A viewer sent an image showing a person being detained by police.īut in the Frisco Police Department's follow-up on Facebook, it said, "Social media posts are inaccurately reporting an incident at the Frisco Fair.
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