Active Shooter Scare/Lockdown at Magic Kingdom (Ended up being no shooter)

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Deleting this since can’t confirm.

Edit: Re-edited title. Original post was that there were unconfirmed reports of an active shooter and people being told to shelter in place in shops, in restaurants, backstage, and in the utilidoors with accompanying photos and videos. I deleted when I couldn’t find any news source anywhere reporting it, but it turns out that the sheltering part was accurate, based upon a false alarm/scare that started when a guest heard a balloon popping during a fight.

Example of Social Media Post (this person later posted in this thread):



Update from Police:

âNo active shooterâ: Fight leads to panic at Disneyâs Magic Kingdom, deputies say

Deputies said a fight broke out, and a “popping sound” could be heard, leading to an active shooter rumor.

www.wftv.com

 

[Splash4eva]

Deleting this since can’t confirm.

What did you delete?

 

[spectromagic04]

Deleting this since can’t confirm.

Is it about Magic Kingdom? Heard something happened

 

[brettf22]

A couple reports on Twitter, some about moving guests backstage, some about not letting folks leave. One with a video of what looks like guests listening to a CM in the bypass, but it’s hard to tell if it’s current or old. Could just be circular reporting, or something really happening.



Edit: seems Twitter post with video was deleted, so I’m guessing it might not be real.

 

[NowInc]

Conflicting reports. Smart to delete until more solid info is released. It WAS on lockdown until a few minutes ago.

 

[asianway]

Curious twitter won’t refresh for me…am I the only one?

 

[wdw71fan]

It’s legit, event at MK… guests being escorted into the utilidoors and backstage.. I won’t comment on what is going on, but it’s happening.

 

[wdw71fan]

I should add that my info comes direct from cast..

 

[IanDLBZF]

Sounds like some sort of active assailant situation, or hopefully a false alarm. This is probably going to be on the news.

 

[Quietmouse]

Essentially there are reports of an active shooter at magic kingdom currently.

Videos look legit.

 

[peter11435]

Essentially there are reports of an active shooter at magic kingdom currently.

Videos look legit.

That is false. There was a scare but no active shooter

 

[Quietmouse]

That is false. There was a scare but no active shooter

Idk, I’m just going by the videos being posted.

Hope everyone is safe regardless

 

[EagleScout610]

Ive read a couple reports from people that there was a fight near the Monorail and some idiot shouted a panic word and now everything's a mess.

 

[NowInc]

Stampede indeed happened as did lock down. No confirmation of a shooter.

 

[IanDLBZF]

Until we hear something official from a trusted new source (like say WFTV, WKMG, or WESH), let's not speculate on what happened until we receive more information.

 

[EagleScout610]

From what I'm seeing on Twitter it looks like MK has at least partially been evacuated and the Monorail is closed

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[NowInc]

Just to be clear there has been no confirmation of a gun being seen or heard. Its seeming more likely that it was a fight that caused the initial chaos and it spiraled from there. In abundance of caution they put the park into lockdown. When they could confirm there was no threat they started allowing guests to leave (Except via the monorail). Heavy police presence on sight which is adding to the panic.

 

[Quietmouse]

How would you even be able to get a gun pass thru security ?

 

[NowInc]