The noise that spooked spring breakers at Daytona Beach and caused massive stampede over the weekend was not caused by gunshots, the sheriff revealed Monday.
The panic-causing sound had a much safer origin: people crushing water bottles.
“There were zero gunshots on the beach,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said Monday after video showing hundreds of terrified beachgoers fleeing for their lives went viral.
Chitwood added that there were 50 deputies in the crowd.
In total, 80 arrests were made at Daytona Beach over the weekend, and six weapons were seized.
However, none of them originated from the beach itself, Chitwood said, noting, “everyone can carry a gun in Florida.”
Four shootings were reported in the city since Friday, but none of them were the cause of the chaos.
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