Casualty Reported After Brawl in Disney World’s EPCOT Area

Law enforcement personnel and first responders rushed to the EPCOT Resort area on the evening of Sunday, November 30, following two 911 calls reporting a battery and a “person down.” The news follows a difficult two months for Walt Disney World Resort, with at least five confirmed guest deaths at various properties throughout the Central Florida vacation destination.

Tragedies at Walt Disney World Resort

October and November have been difficult months for Walt Disney World Resort. On October 14, rumors spiraled about a potential Monorail-person collision at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Authorities later confirmed that a body was found in the lobby of the Magic Kingdom area Disney Resort hotel, but clarified that the person had died by suicide and did not come into contact with a Monorail train.

The victim was later identified as 31-year-old Summer Equitz, a Disney superfan who had been reported missing by her family after taking a last-minute flight to Central Florida.

Just days later, the news broke that a second Walt Disney World Resort guest had died–this time, at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Spa. Law enforcement never identified this guest, who died of natural causes.

Unfortunately, it didn’t end there. On October 21, guests reported that Disney cast members were blocking the view into the pool area near the Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Local authorities later announced that a 28-year-old man named Matthew Cohn had died by suicide after falling from his 12th-floor room. The guest had checked into the Walt Disney World Resort hotel the night before and paid in cash.

The tragedies continued into November, when two guests died of natural causes at Disney’s Pop Century Resort and Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort. Law enforcement said that foul play is not suspected in either case.

EPCOT Response on Sunday

Battery

Shortly before 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 30, law enforcement responded to a reported “Battery (Unwanted Touching or Striking Someone)” in the EPCOT Resort area. X (formerly known as Twitter) account @WDWActiveCrime, which tracks police scanner activity around Walt Disney World Resort, shared the call in a post:

🚨 Police Alert 🚓 – 11/30/25 5:52 PM
🚨: Battery (Unwanted Touching or Striking Someone) at 📍: EPCOT Resort Area
#WaltDisneyWorld #Disney

🚨 Police Alert 🚓 – 11/30/25 5:52 PM
🚨: Battery (Unwanted Touching or Striking Someone) at 📍: EPCOT Resort Area#WaltDisneyWorld #Disney pic.twitter.com/8vQF7jAVq1

— Walt Disney World: Active Calls (@WDWActiveCrime) November 30, 2025

Although the exact location of the incident could not be confirmed, the response appeared to be somewhere near Disney’s BoardWalk Inn, a short walk from the International Gateway entrance to EPCOT.

Little else is known about the violent incident in the EPCOT Resort area on Sunday evening. However, police reports about verbal and physical fights on Walt Disney World Resort property have been made public in the past, so more information may be revealed in the coming days.

Person Down

Just over ten minutes after the reported battery, paramedics responded to a reported “person down” in the EPCOT Resort area. The reported address was the same as that of the previous violent incident, located near Disney’s BoardWalk Inn. From @WDWActiveCrime:

🚨 Police Alert 🚓 – 11/30/25 6:04 PM
🚨: Person Down at 📍: EPCOT Resort Area
#WaltDisneyWorld #Disney

 

🚨 Police Alert 🚓 – 11/30/25 6:04 PM
🚨: Person Down at 📍: EPCOT Resort Area#WaltDisneyWorld #Disney pic.twitter.com/WX5Li2KYCQ

— Walt Disney World: Active Calls (@WDWActiveCrime) November 30, 2025

A “person down” can refer to a variety of situations, from a person fainting due to dehydration or hunger to someone unconscious after an emergency medical episode. It doesn’t necessarily mean that someone has died, though many of the tragic incidents at Walt Disney World Resort this fall began with “person down” calls.

Unless the person involved in this incident passes away, it’s unlikely that any more information will become available about the “person down” call in the EPCOT Resort area. Walt Disney World Resort does not issue statements about guests’ medical incidents, and authorities typically only release a report if the emergency response is related to a crime.

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