LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police have arrested a 15-year-old in connection with an armed robbery that caused chaos at a Jeffersonville High School football game Friday night.

Detective Sgt. Samuel Moss, with the Jeffersonville Police Department, said officers were called to a reported armed robbery in the school’s student parking lot just before 9:30 p.m. during a football game.

Moss said a gun was shown during the robbery. Some fans initially said on social media that there was gunfire, causing chaos at the game. However, police confirmed early Saturday morning that a minor was robbed in the parking lot away from the stadium.

“Our swift response and investigation immediately determined that the report of shots fired was unfounded,” Moss said Wednesday.

The football game went on as planned, and there was no threat to the fans in the stands, according to police. Jeffersonville High School and Greater Clark Community School staff also responded to the scene.

Moss said the victim, another 15-year-old, was unharmed during the robbery.

The 15-year-old suspect was arrested Tuesday evening at his home on Harvard Drive in Clarksville. Police said the Jeffersonville Police Department's SWAT Team, Crisis Intervention Team, Detective Division and Quick Response Team were all involved in the arrest.

“During the search warrant, evidence was located. In addition to the evidence, a handgun was located as well,” Moss said.

The firearm was seized at the scene, and the juvenile was charged with Robbery with a Deadly Weapon, Pointing a Firearm and Possession of a Firearm on School Property.

By law, juvenile records are sealed, so the identity of the suspect in custody will not be released and no mugshot will be provided.

“When I became aware that there had been an incident of this nature at that football game, it concerned me greatly,” Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull said, adding that his concern was elevated by when, where, and how the crime was committed. “The fact that it’s alleged that this act of robbery occurred there on the school grounds took this to the forefront of my attention."

That’s why the prosecutor wants to take the case, and the 15-year-old suspect, to adult court.

“What I’m going to do is to file a motion to have this matter waived to adult court, to have this offender prosecuted as an adult offender,” he said.

Ultimately, a judge will have the final say. But Mull believes he has a strong case.

“I do believe it’s a situation where the accused individual should be held to account for this in an adult court and be given adult consequences for this if he is convicted,” he said.

Police said neither the suspect nor the victim attended Friday night’s football game where the robbery occurred. Moss also had a message for the public regarding safety.

“The message I’d like to make clear is that, based on our findings, this is an isolated incident,” he said. “There is no correlation between this incident and the school event that was occurring.”

Moss said the police department has not ruled out making additional arrests in the case.

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