Rodeo Houston shooting video shows panic, confusion break out after shot fired

A videographer shooting livestock show footage on the popular video site Periscope captured a first-person account of the confusion Wednesday night when a gunshot was first fired at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.

Periscope user, @WoFat/Lou Tzu, captured the footage Wednesday night from inside NRG Arena.

Initially the footage offered a lighthearted look at some of the rodeo animals on display, which was interrupted when a hoard of people began running past the cameraman explaining that they'd heard gunfire.

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NRG Arena was cleared out, as police rushed to the livestock area of the building. Others in the building were evacuated by Houston police. At one point, officers can be seen rushing to the site of the alleged shooting.

A second video, captured from high above the fairgrounds by attendee Nathan Sims shows the crowds outside NRG Arena begin to run in unison to flee the scene of the gunfire. Sims was unaware at the time that a shooting had taken place and thought the crowds were trying to get inside NRG Stadium in time for the night's concert.

[WARNING: Video contains graphic language.]

While officials initially said there was no shooting, things changed on Thursday afternoon when the Houston Police Department announced that Raymond Nathan Colbert, 17, was in custody.

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Colbert was arrested late Wednesday night and charged with misdemeanor evading arrest. A weapon has not been recovered, but police found shell casings.

See the gallery above for a look at this year's rodeo highlights.