Over the weekend, a huge brawl broke out during a Missouri travel youth basketball tournament with Mackenzie Ivy arrested after the fight video went viral
The phrase “all hell breaks loose” is aptly used to characterize what transpired.
Who is Mackenzie Ivy arrested for terroristic threat after Missouri Travel Basketball Tournament fight video goes viral
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A huge brawl broke out on the court during the Missouri Travel Basketball Tournament in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and a 32-year-old guy threatened to shoot the entire venue. Parents voiced their anxiety and worries after discovering a pistol on the property. A mother who was there to see her son’s game recorded the altercation.
All hell breaks loose at a Missouri travel basketball tournament. Parents fighting. Chaos. Male is heard saying 'I'll shoot up this place' and goes to his car.
Cops eventually find him barricaded in the car with a 9mm.https://t.co/CUdyOVcO57 pic.twitter.com/YwCOxq4KQN
— Joe Kinsey (@JoeKinseyexp) February 4, 2025
According to Cape Girardeau police and KFVS-12, Mackenzie Ivy, 32, was arrested on the terroristic threat charge after he allegedly threatened to “shoot this place up,” after leaving the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex to retrieve a gun with the police revealing, “At approximately 1:30 p.m. Sunday, February 2, during a travel basketball rental tournament game at the Cape Girardeau Sportsplex, an altercation broke out between participants from visiting teams. The game was stopped and the two coaches were asked to exit the facility,” police said in a statement.
“Is this ever gonna stop? y’all GROWN adults and these are CHILDREN. just sad. shoutout to Cape Girardeau Police Department for arriving very quickly!” she wrote.
“As the two coaches left the facility, one coach allegedly made a threat to the other. The police were called and responded to the Sportsplex on behalf of an altercation. The subject making the threat was detained by police on the Sportsplex parking lot and taken into custody,” police continued and revealed that Mackenzie Ivy hid in his vehicle with a 9mm handgun.
“It has been confirmed that there was no weapon inside the Sportsplex and no shots were fired inside or outside of the facility.”
A fight came out between players from visiting teams during a travel basketball rental tournament game at the Cape Girardeau Sportsplex at around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 2. The two coaches were asked to leave the stadium once the game was halted.
According to the police, the coaches weren’t finished with one another, but the other games at the venue were stopped to ensure that the mayhem ended there.
Hillary Mayberry, a basketball parent, was really unhappy with what transpired on Sunday. On Facebook, she voiced her opinions to the Cape Girardeau Police and the event organizers.
“It was bad, people were in fear, and there was no security for a game I paid more to watch than a sectional game at a public school tournament. Every school district has an administrator and SRO or police presence at games, and if the ‘renters’ knew this has been an ongoing issue, why has no one been hired to protect the players and spectators!?! That many games at one time, common sense will tell you something was bound to happen, esp if no police presence was there,” Mayberry wrote.
Youth sports are currently a huge challenge in the United States. An excessive number of parents are taking matters far too seriously.