Berea police respond to knife being pulled on actors at a haunted house attraction

BEREA, Ohio – Berea police are now asking people to think twice before going to haunted houses if they feel the need to bring a gun.

This comes after Berea Police Lt. Tom Walker said officers found a 17-year-old boy with a black KA-BAR style knife who told haunted house staff he had backed out at Joe Boo on Oct. 19 against several employees. Evil Events: Evil Unleashed, formerly known as Seven Floors of Hell.

Walker said the teen even tried to throw the knife in a trash can.

But according to a Berea police report, haunted house staff saw the teen try to throw it away and had a security guard retrieve the knife and keep him in custody.

“When he entered the first haunted house, one of the actors had tried to scare him, he pulled out the knife and waved it at him, alerting the other,” Walker said. said

Fortunately, no one was injured, Walker said.

But now Walker says the teen is facing serious charges in juvenile court, even though the report indicates he had no intention of harming anyone and repeatedly told officers he was scared and wanted to protect himself despite it was a haunted house.

“To have someone go to a haunted house and be scared where he had to bring a gun. It just seems like someone who shouldn’t have been there in the haunted house to begin with,” Walker said.

Because of the actions of this minor, Walker urges people to think twice before putting themselves in this frightening situation.

“People probably need to do some judgment to make sure they don’t get overwhelmed by going into an environment like that where they feel like they have to bring a gun,” he said.

Even Ellison, who said she has visited this haunted house in the past, doesn’t think people should go to haunted houses if they feel like they have to harm someone.

“You can end up hurting so many people, and I just don’t think that’s completely safe,” Ellison said.

The haunted house attraction is open this Friday and Saturday.