‘Black Panther’ Assigned Seating Dispute Leads to Gunfire and 2 Arrests, North Carolina Cops Say

Movie theater in Greenville was evacuated but no one was injured

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Two people in North Carolina were arrested for allegedly firing a gun in a movie theater during a screening of “Black Panther” during a dispute over assigned seats last week, according to local news reports.

Per the Greenville Police Department’s Facebook post, Shameka Latrice Lynch turned herself into the Pitt County Detention Center on Saturday, where she was charged with one count of Discharging a Firearm in an Enclosure to Incite Fear and two counts of Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill. There were no injuries and she is being held on $250,000 bond.

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