The Nike EBYL girls’ basketball tournament in Louisville was cancelled Sunday afternoon because of this:

A falling ceiling tile and a simultaneous medical emergency are now believed to be the cause behind an evacuation at the Kentucky Exposition Center July 13, Louisville Metro Police officials said in a statement.

Emergency calls were made to area first responders when several visitors believed an “active aggressor” was on the property and sounds similar to gunshots were heard. Investigators later determined no shots had been fired on the property.

“We believe a ceiling tile fell and hit a metal chair causing a loud noise,” LMPD spokesperson Matthew Sanders said in a statement July 14. “Coincidentally, a woman was having a medical emergency. We believe those two incidents caused the mass panic.”

Alarms sounded inside the Expo Center, prompting attendees of the Run 4 The Roses girls basketball tournament to exit the facility. A duct smoke sensor triggered the indoor alerts, Expo Center officials said in a July 14 statement.

So, thousands of people were rushed out of a major local sporting event because a ceiling tile fell. Families waited in fear, because we’re in a country where a shooting at a major event is now to be expected, only to find out that our paranoia has us fearing our own shadows. Games were cancelled for girls who traveled from across the country to play the sport they loved. People were injured, not by the tile falling, but by the evacuation.

My son and I were headed to the event to see our middle school relative enjoy her sport, but instead we waited across the street as police cars zoomed by and helicopters hovered overhead. We were outside worrying that a “good guy with a gun” might be inside escalating the panic.

And because of the falling tile, this is what happened today:

Run 4 The Roses games resumed July 14 with new security measures in place after play was suspended the previous day. Upon arrival, players, coaches and spectators will be screened by security officers using handheld metal detectors and bag checks will also be conducted.

How did we become a country that has decided living in fear is acceptable?