Panic at top cheerleading competition in Texas leaves several injured, police say

A combat astatine a nationalist cheerleading contention in Dallas sparked panic connected Saturday and led to injuries for those trying to flight a chaotic situation.

A combat astatine the NCA All-Star National Championship caused aggregate poles to beryllium knocked implicit and sparked a panic from those wrong the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center, Dallas constabulary said. At slightest 10 radical were injured trying to evacuate the facility, according to authorities.

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Cheerleaders hole for a stunt. (IMAGN)

The knocked-over poles made large sound and sparked reports of gunfire wrong the normal center, witnesses told FOX 4 News. Police said nary shooting occurred, but spectators ran from the normal halfway successful a "stampede."

"I was a small nervous. I thought I was doing good, and past we got here, and it was conscionable instrumentality a heavy enactment and let’s bash this for our kids," Danielle Garvin, a genitor of a cheerleader who competed successful the competition, told the station.

Police said those who were reported to beryllium injured suffered bumps, bruises and adjacent breached bones.

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Some performances astatine the NCA All-Star National Championship were canceled, and the lawsuit resumed Sunday. The presumption reported that immoderate teams decided not to vie successful the lawsuit aft the incident.

Tiana Cody told FOX 4 News that her girl decided to execute connected Sunday.

"She didn’t consciousness pressured, I didn’t consciousness pressured, and it felt similar a community, and I admit having that community," she said. "Cheer is much than bows, glitter and fun. It’s a civilization and the civilization of cheer is that they are resilient, and they tin withstand."

General look astatine cheerleader pom-poms. (IMAGN)

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The NCA All-Star National Championship is 1 of the apical cheerleading competitions successful the U.S. Winners person a stock of $500,000 successful currency and prizes.

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