Teen Arrested After Trying to Bring Gun Into Daytona Stadium During Cocoa, Mainland Game Friday Night
By Space Coast Daily // September 1, 2024
Police say Nobody was injured during the incident
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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – With less than two minutes left in the first half of the Cocoa-Mainland game, Daytona Beach Police halted the game after a teen tried to bring a gun into Daytona Stadium Friday night.
As security tried to detain the teen, he took off and sent police on a foot chase through woods near the stadium. When police were first notified, they put the stadium on lockdown and forced both teams to take shelter in the locker room as officers gave chase outside the stadium.
The delay lasted just over an hour long with fans in the stadium and viewers on Space Coast Daily TV left in wait as the situation transpired as Cocoa led Mainland 31-0.
The teen arrested was eventually taken into custody.
Mainland Principal Joe Castelli said the incident at Friday night’s game was also related to the unfounded threat at the high school from earlier in the week.
An email was sent out to parents less than 48 hours after the game that told parents that the gun was discovered while the suspect was walking through a metal detector, located at the entry gates to the stadium.
Two juveniles, who accompanied the suspect also tried to flee, but they were caught and charged with resisting arrest.
The suspect was charged with disturbing the peace at a school function, possession of a firearm on school property, resisting arrest, and theft of a firearm.
The game was resumed after the hour delay, and resulted with Cocoa Tigers winning 51-0 over Mainland.
The game was broadcasted entirely on Space Coast Daily TV.
