Large police presence in Garden City leads to evacuation of youth sports game

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Garden City Police and Savannah Police are on scene at an incident near 200 Eagles Way in Garden City.

People near the area tell WTOC a youth league game was canceled while parents and kids were on the field because of the incident. This was the Effingham Jags vs. the Garden City Eagles game.

This incident reportedly happened around 7 p.m.

People at the scene say they saw someone being arrested by police near the Rec Center.

We have reached out to both law enforcement agencies for more information.

One witness we spoke with told us the following:

“When I looked over to the field all of our player and parents were flat on the ground. Parents and coaches were covering the kids. I felt helpless with two kids and another across the field. I had to run the kids to the van and lay them on the floor to run back to the field to get my 10u player. The police pulled in and was searching for the man because he got away. They cleared the field and we all got out of there as safely as possible. I’m so thankful for our great coaches and parents they protected our kids. As we left they were still searching. One of the coaches seen they had him in the woods with lights and guns drawn yelling for him to come out as he left.”