{"id":1558694,"date":"2022-07-17T22:19:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T02:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558694"},"modified":"2022-07-17T22:19:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T02:19:51","slug":"comedian-craig-robinson-cancels-charlotte-n-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-craig-robinson-cancels-charlotte-n-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Craig Robinson cancels Charlotte, N.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcomedian-craig-robinson-cancels-charlotte-n-c%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558694&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2727455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2727455\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2727455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22198594954832-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"In this April 20, 2020, photo, comedian Craig Robinson performs at the Laugh Factory comedy club in Los Angeles. A man fired a gun inside a comedy club in North Carolina Saturday night, July 16, 2022 shortly after it was evacuated and before actor and comedian Craig Robinson was set to perform, police said. No one was injured. Club employees told WSOC-TV that the man waved a gun around and told everyone to leave before the venue emptied out. About 50 customers had been inside. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello, file)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1714\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2727455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this April 20, 2020, photo, comedian Craig Robinson performs at the Laugh Factory comedy club in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello, file)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 7:04 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, July 17, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>A North Carolina man is facing a slew of charges after allegedly opening fire inside a local comedy club where comedian Craig Robinson was set to perform. According to reports Sunday, 36-year-old Omar James McCombs was charged with nine charges relating to the incident, including assault and possession of a firearm as a felon.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m performing at the Comedy Zone in Charlotte, North Carolina,\u201d Robinson said in a Instagram video. \u201cThere was an active shooter in the comedy club. So they moved us over to this place where there\u2019s a concert going on so I thought I\u2019d just share with y\u2019all.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The venue located right next to the club is where he was told to evacuate. Robinson is best known for playing Darryl in the TV show \u201cThe Office.\u201d He is also known for his roles in the movies \u201cHot Tub Time Machine\u201d and \u201cPineapple Express.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m safe. I\u2019m cool,\u201d he stated. \u201cIt was wild. I was in the green room and they\u2019re like \u2018everybody get out!\u2019 It was a moment for sure.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is video of the scene.  Lots of police cars are still here and dozens of customers are outside waiting to see if the show will continue. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wsoctv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wsoctv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ENmTg8cLCM\">pic.twitter.com\/ENmTg8cLCM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tina Terry (@TinaTerryWSOC9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TinaTerryWSOC9\/status\/1548483925470633987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Witnesses said he entered the club just after 9 p.m. waving his gun while demanding everyone to leave the building. About 50 customers were inside and dozens more were outside.\u00a0No one was hurt during the incident and Robinson had to cancel his performance.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said when they arrived they found several victims who said McCombs pointed a gun at them and threatened to hurt them. Robinson later shared a statement on his Instagram.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 ekcqrF body-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThank you to the Comedy Zone security and staff for getting us to safety quickly,\u201d he voiced. \u201cThank you everyone for your outpouring of support and well wishes. Thank you CMPD for swift action in apprehending the shooter. Hopefully he gets the help he needs. Thanks be to God no one was hurt. Please stay safe everyone.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chief Johnny Jennings echoed that sentiment saying he was proud and thankful for all the CMPD staff involved in de-escalating the incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h9YX875Fsc\">https:\/\/t.co\/h9YX875Fsc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZlRLqWTG5U\">pic.twitter.com\/ZlRLqWTG5U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chief Jennings (@cmpdchief) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmpdchief\/status\/1548781301196529664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McCombs is currently being held in a local jail on a $90,000 bond.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/4-dead-in-texas-apartment-complex-shooting\/\">4 Dead In Texas Apartment Complex Shooting<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this April 20, 2020, photo, comedian Craig Robinson performs at the Laugh Factory comedy club in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello, file) OAN NEWSROOMUPDATED 7:04 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, July 17, 2022 A North Carolina man is facing a slew of charges after allegedly opening fire inside a local comedy club where comedian Craig &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":764,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1558694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1558694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1558694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1558694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}