A gunman disappeared from a crowded Notre Dame post-tailgate scene wearing only one shoe after one shot wounded a woman and a South Bend police officer, authorities said.
The shot came near Eddy Street and Angela Boulevard around 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday, while fans were streaming away from Notre Dame tailgates and toward Eddy Street Commons.
Before the gunfire, Notre Dame Police had warned South Bend authorities about a man reportedly armed and pointing a gun at people. South Bend officers located someone who fit that description, but that person did not have a weapon.
“As approximately 20 South Bend Police Officers were working in Eddy Street Commons and responding to that call, a single gunshot was heard near Eddy Street and Angela Boulevard,” South Bend Police said in a Facebook post.
A woman was later located with a leg wound, and a South Bend officer was hurt by either a ricochet or shrapnel, according to the department.
Both were sent to a local hospital and were expected to recover. Police said the officer was “doing fine,” and the woman was “okay.”
NBC 5 Chicago reported that Notre Dame officials said the suspected shooter ran west and had not been caught.
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The local report described him as a heavyset Black male with dreadlocks, blue shorts and a black shirt with a red and blue design on the front. He was also missing one shoe.
Police emptied nearby businesses and parking garages as the commercial district was shut down and officers kept people away from the investigation area.
The Notre Dame-area gunfire came during a violent Saturday night in South Bend that turned deadly less than four hours later.
Shortly before 11:30 p.m., officers were sent to a Bissell Street home south of Coquillard Park after another shooting call.
Alaya Maez, 20, Javon Hopper, 18, and Geimisha Broadnax, 22, had all been shot.
Maez and Hopper later died at the hospital. Broadnax remained in critical condition.
South Bend Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski said both shootings could have been avoided and blamed the bloodshed on tempers that should have been controlled before anyone fired a weapon.
“But as it stands right now, from my perspective, both of them could have easily been avoided,” Ruszkowski said. “It’s pure stupidity and people will make excuses, ‘Well, you don’t understand-‘ I don’t need to understand. It’s stupidity.”
Ruszkowski said walking away was still an option before the damage became permanent.
“There’s nothing else to it. This is tempers that could be controlled. Walk away, do whatever you have to do,” he said. “Once you pull the trigger, you don’t get a do over. The bullet doesn’t come back, and this is what you have when that happens.”
Another weekend crowd fight ended in death in Providence, Rhode Island, where UMass Dartmouth running back Marvins Antoine was stabbed after an overcrowded club started turning customers away.
Antoine, 18, was killed after a fight moved into a Wendy’s parking lot on Charles Street near the West River shortly after midnight Saturday, Providence Police Major David Lapatin told WPRI.
A second UMass Dartmouth player, 19, was also stabbed and survived injuries that were not life-threatening. His name was not publicly released. Providence police said a suspect was in custody.
Antoine suffered stab wounds to the chest and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“We are heartbroken to share that first-year student and football team member Marvins Antoine passed away this morning following an incident in Providence, Rhode Island,” the Division III football team said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with Marvins’ family, friends, classmates, and teammates.”
UMass Dartmouth said there was no reason to believe the community faced an ongoing threat, while law enforcement continued investigating.
The school’s football team had played Friday evening before the stabbing, losing to Framingham State and falling to 1-2. Antoine did not appear in the game.
Other football crowds produced ugly scenes over the weekend without fatal injuries.
During LSU’s Saturday night loss to Ole Miss, online video showed one LSU supporter being detained in the front row of the end-zone seats while another purple-and-gold-clad man recorded the officer.
The second man, wearing a replica No. 7 jersey for former LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson, soon became tangled up with the officer.
The officer tried to wrap him up before throwing a wild left hook, while the man in the Peterson jersey appeared to shove the officer and then lift his arms as if giving up.
Mississippi Highway Patrol officers rushed in, took him to the ground and handcuffed him.
Both men were escorted out of the end-zone area as Ole Miss fans cheered or filmed on their phones.
Ole Miss had already dealt with a separate tailgate fight earlier in September, when police had to separate two women in red dresses during a September 12 brawl.
Video posted by @OldRowOfficial on X showed the women grappling as others tried to pull them apart, then one woman came back and smacked the other in the face, also hitting a male fan with her fist.
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The other woman tried to restart the fight before a friend blocked her, and police arrived to settle the scene.
The fight unfolded at a tailgate that also included a tribute to victims of the 9/11 terror attack 25 years later, with the Oxford MS Police Department writing on Facebook that first responders joined the Walk of Champions “in honor of 9/11.”
At Oklahoma State, the postgame mess came from celebration instead of violence after the Cowboys beat No. 6 Oregon 39-31 at home.
Fans rushed the field, tore down the goalposts, hauled them to Theta Pond and threw them in, and Front Office Sports reported that the Big XII is set to fine Oklahoma State under conference bylaws that list the standard field-storming fine at $50,000.
