A couple’s raucous fight at a Nashville Chili’s caused such a commotion that the entire mall where the restaurant is located was evacuated and the adjacent highway was closed in both directions.
Police were called to the Opry Mills Mall on Saturday due to reports of gunshots fired, and eventually had the entire place cleared out while they investigated. The Tennessee Department of Transportation closed down the highway exits to the mall for the next several hours, even after police said there was no evidence that any shots were fired.
Witnesses say there was panic as people sprinted out of the mall, reporting gunshots.
“We were sitting on the little swings over there, right past the food court, and everybody started running and I’m like, ‘What’s going on?,’” a witness named Ladonte described to a local news station. “And I see them on their walkie and he’s like,…