Man Interrupts Fiddler on the Roof Performance Shouting ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’
A man interrupted a play on Wednesday night by shouting “Heil Hitler, Heil Trump,” which caused audience members to panic and flee from the scene over concerns that he was another far-right gunman.
The man’s outburst happened during a Baltimore, Maryland performance of Fiddler on the Roof, a play about Jewish oppression in Eastern Europe, per the Baltimore Sun.
“Heil Hitler, Heil Trump,” the man shouted while in the balcony sitting area.
“People started running,” said Rich Scherr, a sports writer for the Baltimore Sun who attended the play. “I’ll be honest, I was waiting to hear a gunshot. I thought, ‘Here we go.’”
Luckily, the man was forced to leave the venue without a reported incident.
“My heart was just racing. I didn’t even really pay attention to the second act,” Scherr added.
The Baltimore incident last night occurred a couple weeks after 11 worshippers were gunned down by a white supremacist in a Pittsburgh synagogue. This week, authorities also discovered two Washington, D.C. area men were planning for a race war and stockpiling weapons, ammunition, and tactical gear. One of these men committed suicide before the authorities found him, while the other has been taken into police custody.
Watch a clip of some of the incident here.
UPDATE: This post initially described the man as a “Trump supporter” due to his praise of the president, but according to new reports, the man was actually very drunk and inspired to shout “Heil Trump” because of his hatred for the president.
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