(KNSI) – For the second year, the Minnesota State Fair came to a chaotic end.
Monday night, a large crowd, including a man who allegedly had a gun, tried to storm the gate at Snelling Avenue and Midway Parkway shortly after 8:00 p.m. The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, who provided police coverage for the fair, rushed to the scene, trying to move the group back, and unleashed a cloud of chemical irritants, which enveloped fairgoers, workers, and the unruly crowd.
Fairgoers trying to leave the grounds before the chaos unfolded were held inside the gates before being allowed to go in a controlled exit.
There was at least one report of a shot being fired just east of the fairgrounds around that same time, but no victims were found. There were other reports of fights on and near the Midway Monday night.
Three people were shot, and a woman was hit by a car outside that same gate during the final hours of the fair in 2019.
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