A football game among 10-year-olds in St. Paul was cut short when adults on the sidelines fought and someone fired a gunshot, according to police.

No one was injured in the altercation outside the West Minnehaha Recreation Center in Frogtown on Thursday night. Police arrested a 27-year-old man on Friday afternoon and recovered a gun, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman.

Numerous callers reported that a male with a handgun was shooting into a crowd, according to a police report. Other people said the man shot in the air, Ernster said.

Officers responded to the rec center on Minnehaha Avenue, near Dale Street, about 7 p.m. They found a single spent casing on the football field, the report said.

St. Paul Frogtown Football was playing North Area Titan Football in a tournament for 9- and 10-year-olds.

Witnesses reported there was an altercation between adults attending the game, and some of them began to physically fight, Ernster said. At some point, a man fired a shot. The man then went to the parking lot, got in a sport-utility vehicle and left, witnesses said. Related Articles 2 men shot, 1 fatally, near bar on St. Paul’s Grand Avenue

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The game was immediately canceled, said Clare Cloyd, St. Paul Parks and Recreation spokeswoman.

“We’re proud of the athletes and coaches and the families involved in our programs,” Cloyd said. “… This is an unfortunate incident, but we commend everyone present for handling it as we would expect.”

Saturday wraps up the St. Parks and Rec youth football season with playoff games at James Griffin Stadium. A police officer is routinely stationed at such events, Cloyd said.