About 13 people fell or were trampled during a stampede at a Fourth of July fireworks display in Chicago, according to police.
Associated PressCHICAGO — A stampede at a Fourth of July fireworks display that injured more than a dozen people at Chicago's Navy Pier started when a private security officer shouted for bystanders to take cover, police said Friday.
Authorities speculate that shortly after the stabbings, someone exploded a firecracker near a group of people, prompting shouts of"gun" or"shots fired." Chief of Patrol Fred Waller told a news conference Friday that the ensuring panic was fueled by warnings to bystanders to take cover shouted by a member of a private security firm employed by Navy Pier.Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said that despite the fracas, the officer's warning was appropriate.
The private security firm was not identified and Navy Pier officials did not respond to a request for comment, but issued a statement that said Thursday's"unfortunate isolated incident" was quickly managed by security teams and law enforcement officers. A 30-year-old man not involved in that altercation suffered stab wounds to the face and arm but said he did not see the offender nor did he remember any details about the incident, Bartoli said. He was at Northwestern University Hospital in stable condition.
"It was pure chaos," the 22-year-old told the Chicago Tribune."I literally thought I was going to die."
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