A viral cellphone video captured a concertgoer questioning officers weeks before investigators arrested a North Carolina man in the case.
BALTIMORE, Md. — The arrest of a man accused of urinating on concertgoers at a Morgan Wallen show has shifted attention back to the police response at M&T Bank Stadium, where the complaining family says officers declined to arrest the man on the night of the alleged incident.
Maryland Transportation Authority Police announced Aug. 12 that Jayson Reed, 33, of North Carolina, had been arrested after an investigation into the July 18 incident. Reed faces four counts of second-degree assault, public urination and other related offenses. Troy Grevelding, who reported the incident during the concert, said the arrest brought some relief but did not answer his questions about what happened during the initial police response.
Grevelding said he attended the Baltimore concert with his wife, brother and two nieces. He alleged that a man behind the family began urinating on members of the group during Wallen’s performance. One of the nieces was 8 years old. Grevelding said he confronted the man before seeking help from security and police inside the stadium.
Cellphone video recorded by Grevelding showed part of his exchange with responding officers. In the video, he repeatedly questioned why the man he accused was not being taken into custody. An officer told Grevelding that police could not take the man into custody at that point and said Grevelding could receive identifying information and pursue the matter through the appropriate process.
Grevelding told FOX45 that officers said they could not make an arrest because they had not personally witnessed the alleged conduct. He later criticized both the police response and what he described as a lack of assistance from stadium personnel. Stadium officials referred questions from FOX45 about the initial incident to MDTA Police.
MDTA Police said officers had been providing support to the Baltimore Police Department at the Morgan Wallen concert when they received a report of a fight in progress. Security personnel identified people involved in an altercation, according to police. Officers separated those involved, identified a male suspect and escorted him from the stadium.
The investigation did not end when the concert did. MDTA Police said detectives later located and interviewed witnesses who had not been present during the officers’ initial investigation. Detectives worked with the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, and an arrest warrant was obtained for Reed. The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office then took him into custody in North Carolina.
The later arrest is central to Grevelding’s criticism of the response that night. He told FOX45 after Reed’s arrest that he was glad someone had been taken into custody but still wanted to know why an arrest did not occur on July 18. He argued that the eventual investigation showed additional action could be taken after officers initially separated the people involved.
The available police statements do not establish that the officers at the stadium violated policy or had sufficient evidence to make an immediate arrest. They show that the case continued after the on-scene response and that detectives gathered information from additional witnesses before an arrest warrant was obtained. Authorities have not publicly announced findings of any separate review into the conduct of the responding officers.
As of the latest publicly available reports, Reed remained in Wilson County, North Carolina, pending extradition to Maryland. No Maryland court date had been publicly announced. Reed is accused of the offenses, and the charges have not been proven in court. Grevelding has said he continues to seek accountability over how the incident was handled.
Author note: Last updated August 16, 2026.