Police Descend on Manchester's Buckland Hills Mall for Fight Involving 'Several Hundred' Teens: Update

MANCHESTER, CT ― Police converged on and eventually shut down the Shoppes at Buckland Hills mall on Monday night after a large fight broke out involving hundreds of teens.

On Monday at 5:30 p.m., a disturbance involving approximately eight to 10 teenagers was reported at the Shoppes at Buckland Hills Mall, police said.

Some Manchester officers were already at the mall and responded to break up the fight, police said.

It was estimated that there were several hundred teenagers inside the mall, and several other fights broke out around the same time, police said.

The situation turned so chaotic with hundreds of people inside the mall that a request for mutual aid was put out to surrounding jurisdictions, and state police, East Hartford police, Vernon police, South Windsor police and Glastonbury police all sent personnel to help clear out the mall and get the situation under control, police said.

Several arrests were made as a result of the incident, police said.

One Manchester Police officer was assaulted while attempting to break up the first fight, although he did not sustain any significant injuries and did not require medical attention, police said.

There were no other reported injuries to anyone involved, police said.

There was no report of weapons being involved, and there is no indication that any of the fights were gang-related, police said.

Police said they will "continue working with mall management to attempt to identify other involved individuals."

Shoppers forced to go home were complaining about teens fighting on social media. Scanner reports confirmed that.

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