The Office Alum Craig Robinson Reacts To Comedy Set Being Canceled Amid Active Shooter At Venue
18.07.2022 - 18:05
/ perezhilton.com
Comedian Craig Robinson was forced to cancel a set at a comedy club in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday night after a gunman reportedly opened fire at the venue.
Robinson, who has starred in The Office and many other high-profile projects on television and in film, was scheduled to perform that evening at The Comedy Zone in the North Carolina city. However, when he was in the green room preparing for the show, a man at the venue reportedly took out a gun and began firing in the crowd.
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According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, the venue was “quickly evacuated” when the incident occurred before Robinson’s 9:00 p.m. set. Despite shots being fired in close quarters, police report that no one was injured in the incident. Thank goodness! The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, was taken into custody at the scene.
The Comedy Zone released a statement about the incident to People. In it, the venue’s spokesperson thanked staff and police for acting quickly to evacuate the people who had been there to see Hot Tub Time Machine star:
The comedy venue later announced they are fully refunding all attendees that night. We’re just happy nobody was injured and the CMPD got on scene quickly to keep everyone safe!
The comic detailed his own scary experience with that active shooter on his Instagram page, too. Robinson posted a nearly six-minute-long video explaining his evacuation to his followers. The 50-year-old comic detailed the fear and sudden order to flee that came with the first report of the shooting:
We can’t even imagine…
Cops swooped in to the rescue, and people from the comedy club — including Robinson — were