Seattle Seahawks

Gym employee calls Kam Chancellor 'bad news' in 911 audio

Published Mar. 4, 2016 10:34 a.m. ET

Nick Schwartz

When Seattle Seahawks star Kam Chancellor visited a closed gym in Redmond, Washington, earlier this week, employees inside the building called the police.

Redmond police responded and later called the incident a "misunderstanding," and Chancellor was interested in potentially purchasing the business to stage his very popular fitness boot camps.

Redmond Athletic Club owner Ryan Neal said in a statement that he believes the employee's actions were "appropriate," and that there have been recent break-in attempts at the gym. In the audio recording of the 911 call released by police, the employee refers to Chancellor's group as "bad news."

Following the incident, the mayor of Redmond apologized to Chancellor on Twitter.

No I was mad because all I wanted was a number to call and they waved me off like a fly without answering me https://t.co/eAJnjw3vJv
— Kameron (@Kam_Chancellor) March 3, 2016

@Kam_Chancellor-sorry about your negative experience today. Come back to Redmond and I'll buy you lunch and show you other sites for a gym.
— John Marchione (@jmarchione9) March 3, 2016