Comic Craig Robinson mentioned he canceled a efficiency Saturday evening at a North Carolina comedy membership after there was gunfire.
On Saturday round 9 p.m., an unidentified man brandished a fireplace arm inside The Comedy Zone in Charlotte, and discharged his weapon, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Division mentioned in a assertion.
The membership was evacuated and nobody was injured, police mentioned. The suspect was taken into custody, police added.
Robinson posted concerning the expertise on Instagram.
In a video submit, he mentioned he was contained in the comedy membership's greenroom about to carry out a set when he was evacuated to a close-by live performance.
"I am acting at The Comedy Zone in Charlotte, North Carolina. There was an lively shooter within the comedy membership," he says within the video because the pop band Massive Time Rush performs for followers within the background.
"Once more, there's an lively shooter on the membership I used to be at so we needed to run over right here to this live performance," Robinson tells his followers, jokingly including: "Massive Time Rush to the rescue."
"I am protected, I am cool. It was simply wild. I used to be within the inexperienced room and so they had been like, 'Everyone get out,'" Robinson mentioned. "It was wild. It was a second for positive."