From Staff Reports 

Police say they responded to a fight at the Asheville Ballroom & Event Center on Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville, where one person was shot and taken to the hospital on the afternoon of April 9.

Asheville Police arrived on scene just after 12:20 p.m. where they found a large crowd and Rakeem Smith, 26, injured as a result of a gunshot wound, said police spokeswoman Christina Hallingse in an e-mail April 11.

Smith was transported to Mission Hospital with serious injuries, but was in stable condition as of Monday morning, Hallingse said.

The facility was booked for a private event that was chaperoned, said Cathy Corn, owner of the Asheville Ballroom & Dance Center on Sunday.

The group was celebrating a birthday party for a 16-year-old when an argument began, Hallingse said.

At some point shots were fired, the police spokeswoman added.

Security footage from the event shows that a group of teenagers crashed the party and fighting began, Corn said after she watched the footage.

There was no damage to the facility, Corn added. Police continue to investigate the incident and no arrests have been made as of the Daily Planet’s press deadline.