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A scary moment in Dallas, Texas, delivered a trip three Saskatchewan cheer teams will never forget.
A series of loud bangs rang out at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center around 1 pm on March 1 at the National Cheerleaders Association All-Star National Championships.
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It was called in to Dallas Police Department as an active shooter threat, at a building filled with cheerleaders, parents and coaches.
Widespread panic resulted in hundreds of athletes, and parents running from the building.
Saskatchewan had three teams at the competition representing Saskatoon, Regina and Warman and all three teams weren’t at the venue at the time of the evacuation.
We have heard from Rebels, Warman Cheer & Prairie Fire are all safe and not at the convention center. ❤️
— CanadianCheerUpdates (@CACupdates1) March 1, 2025
After a preliminary investigation, Dallas police said a fight between two people occurred which caused multiple poles to be knocked down, resulting in the loud noise.
Saskatoon’s Prairie Fire Cheerleading owner and coach Taylor Dea said it was a terrifying situation.
“As a coach (I) worry about my kids, and then as a parent I worry about the families that were there,” she said.
“And there were kids who were separated from their families, and people that were injured trying to get out of the building and that’s scary.”
Dea said they found out about the incident through text messages.
“One of the club owners from Warman texted me and asked if we were okay and I wasn’t quite sure what she was saying,” she said.
“She called me and let me know … we were in our hotel getting ready to leave for the competition.”
Dea said there was one family from her team that was in the building at the time and described what it was like.
“It was quite a scary moment for everybody, I think it was kind of an over-reaction and then it was quite chaotic,” said Dea. “The venue did a great job at defusing and stabilizing the situation as soon as possible.”
The Prairie Fire cheer squad competed at the venue on Sunday and Dea said the team had no concerns about security and safety.
“We know the event host did everything in their power, they have family competing there, too,” she said. “I think they would not have continued with the competition if they didn’t feel one hundred per cent safe in their decision to continue.”
Dea said police presence was increased with cooperation from the city of Dallas at the venue.
— with files from 650 CKOM News
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