Swarm

As of early Sunday morning, social media was abuzz with chatter about what happened at Musikfest's Plaza Tropical.

It wasn’t immediately clear if Musikfest would reopen under normal hours on Sunday, the final day of the 11-day festival that started with a special preview night on Aug. 4. A few festival food vendors at Plaza Tropical appeared to be closing up their operations for the night. Shortly after midnight, an officer at the scene, which was cordoned off by yellow police tape, told a reporter that police were taking crime scene photos. “There was an isolated incident (Saturday night) at Musikfest and the festival was shut down as a precaution for the safety of patrons,” Bethlehem police Chief Michelle Kott said in a brief news release issued early Sunday morning. Asked if he was planning to go back on Sunday, he said “I’m going to be there. As of early Sunday morning, social media was abuzz with chatter about what happened. An ambulance was driving up as police started cordoning off the area. “Massive stampede … and we almost got trampled. Of course I’m going to go.” There is no known continuing threat to the public. “Law enforcement is on site and in control of the situation. ArtsQuest, which runs the festival, posted the initial alert on its website at 10:54 p.m. indicating that “the City of Bethlehem Police Department and other agencies are responding to the reported incident and are on the scene.”