Panic at the capital's pride parade in Washington after the gunman's fright

Police arrested a suspect and seized a firearm during the Capital Pride parade in Washington, DC, after rumors that a gunman spoke triggered panic and mass panic. the Saturday.

No shots were fired, but at least 10 people were injured after being trampled in the crowd.

A police offer told the Washington Examiner that two people were fighting at Dupont Circle and that one of the people involved in the altercation showed a gun. When the people who had gathered at the scene saw the gun, they started to run away.

The identity of the suspect was not disclosed.

Kevin Donahue, Deputy Mayor of the Department of Justice and Security for Justice and Public Safety, tweeted around 8 pm that there is no active shooter after people have heard loud noises that some witnesses have described as sounding like gunshots.

The Metropolitan Police Service retweeted his message.

"In all my years, I have never seen so much panic about something that had not happened," said a police officer who has been working in the city for more than ten years. Examiner from Washington.

The Capital Pride Alliance, which hosts the gay pride celebration in the nation's capital, said an "incident reported to Dupont Circle during the capital parade" was reported and was being assessed by the police. the situation.

Fifteen minutes earlier, the Twitter account warned people to "stay calm and get safe."

The video shared on social media shows people running in the streets of downtown Washington.

Capital Pride Alliance said the parade was over and the police were there and "the threat was contained". The workers of the city began to clean the streets around 20h.

After the incident, the Capital Pride Alliance encouraged people to attend a neighborhood party in the 15th and P Streets in Northwest DC.

The police did not comment on the loud noises that people would have heard. A witness told ABC7 that he thought it could have been a falling door.