The coach of a girls soccer team said more than 500 people stampeded in panic at a Surrey athletic park after a gun scare Saturday. Mike Shannon coaches an under-11 girls team from Bowen Island — the Asteroids — and was at New Athletic Park in Surrey to participate in a youth soccer tournament sponsored by the Vancouver Whitecaps and Adidas. Just before 2 p.m. he says people around the park started yelling and telling people to run. "A lot of scared girls," he said about his team, which has 13 players at the tournament. "They shouldn't have to be scared playing a sport in a public park."

Source: CBC News March 31, 2019 09:56 UTC