COLUMBIA, S.C. — What started as a Saturday afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese turned tense after reports of a man with a gun led deputies to the restaurant on Burning Tree Drive.

Around 4:20 p.m. on October 25, 2025, Richland County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the Chuck E. Cheese at 1775 Burning Tree Drive after witnesses said a man pointed a firearm at several people inside.

Deputies say Tavares McFadden-World was accused of pointing a gun at three individuals and, at one point, holding one of them against their will while threatening them. Afterward, McFadden-World reportedly left the scene in a car driven by Kenzie Miller.

Another man, Damontre Williams, told deputies that McFadden-World had also pointed the gun at him. Williams admitted he pulled out his own firearm as McFadden-Wo

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