Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Boy Hospitalized After Stabbing At Monmouth Mall: Reports
Videos show the fight that broke out Saturday evening; the mall is open Sunday, mall management said.

EATONTOWN, NJ — A boy was stabbed during a fight at Monmouth Mall Saturday evening, according to reports.
Word on the Shore, a local news site that covers Monmouth shore towns, reported Eatontown police responded to a report of a stabbing at 9:12 p.m. The boy was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center for treatment of a collapsed lung, the report said. CBS 2 in New York reported the teen remains hospitalized Sunday morning.
Stores immediately near Macy's were closed briefly Saturday evening, but the mall was open and operating as scheduled Sunday, a mall spokesperson said in a statement released Sunday morning,
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"Mall management is working closely with the Eatontown Police Department. Mall security responded to the incident immediately along with onsite uniformed police," the spokesperson said. "We wish the victim a speedy recovery."
Several videos posted to Twitter show a fight breaking out in front of Macy's.
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Dean Terry's video shows what appears to be a teen running away from the fight and being chased out the door of the mall.
Monmouth mall brawl @WORLDSTAR @30SecsOfFights @30SecKnockouts @FightCIubs pic.twitter.com/KGYf5iIc3O
— Dean Terry (@deanterry44) December 18, 2016
Christian Renzo's video, posted minutes afterward, shows the fight from a different angle:
#worldstar brawling at Monmouth Mall pic.twitter.com/m5L5nZJV1b
— Christian Renzi (@RenziStfu) December 18, 2016
Herandy Rodriguez was closer to the fight and posted two clips to Twitter. In one you can hear someone say, "I think they have a knife."
God damn god damn #monmouthmall #worldstar pic.twitter.com/ItrK45uSVB
— Herandy Rodriguez (@Herandy_R_) December 18, 2016
Damn why he got do him dirty and stab the dude #pray4zigs #monmouthmall pic.twitter.com/6dKKedETE3
— Herandy Rodriguez (@Herandy_R_) December 18, 2016
Photo: Screengrab of Dean Terry's video from Twitter. Used with permission
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