Conor McGregor Is Detained After Incident Before UFC 223 at Barclays Center

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Conor McGregor, the Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar, turned himself in to the police in New York City on Thursday night after they said he injured someone by throwing a hand truck at a bus at Barclays Center that afternoon, according to a police spokesman.

The police had earlier said that McGregor he was a “person of interest” in the matter and that they wanted to question him. The spokesman, Officer George Tsourovakas, said late Thursday that McGregor was being detained but had not been formally charged. “The investigation is continuing,” he said.

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McGregor, accompanied by about 10 others, entered the Brooklyn arena around 1:30 p.m. and “threw a hand truck at a bus, causing an injury to an individual on the bus,” Sophia Mason, a spokeswoman for the New York Police Department, said earlier in an email. She described the injury as minor. McGregor was wanted for questioning, but no arrest warrant had been issued.

Barclays Center is hosting UFC 223, which had its media day on Thursday. McGregor was not scheduled to fight.