R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan canceled her performance at the Juneteenth Festival in Leimert Park on Sunday after a stampede broke out and unconfirmed reports of a shooting. “I hope everyone made it home to their loved ones tonight!” Sullivan wrote on Instagram. “I’m so disappointed we couldn’t come together and celebrate Juneteenth! If you’re still at the park, please leave. The show is canceled.”
At around 7:45 PM, dozens of people ran down Degnan Boulevard away from the park as multiple LAPD patrol cars raced down Stocker Street towards Leimert Boulevard. Video footage posted to social media shows hundreds of people scattering from the park just before Sullivan was set to take the stage.
Out of breath and standing on the corner of Degnan and Stocker, one concertgoer told an L.A. TACO reporter that they ran away from the event because they thought there was a shooting. “I got up out there,” they told someone on the phone.
An LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO that “around 7:50 p.m., Southwest Division patrol officers responded to the area of Stocker Street and Leimert Boulevard for multiple radio calls of shots fired.” The spokesperson said that “upon arrival, officers determined that there was no evidence of a shooting.”
While investigating the shooting, “a group fight in the area began,” the spokesperson said. “Officers requested additional resources, and the group eventually dispersed. No arrests were made for the fight.”