Crime & Safety
Parking Lot Brawl After Sam Hunt Concert In Tinley Park
A physical confrontation involving nine people erupted after a Sam Hunt concert at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Saturday night.

TINLEY PARK, IL — A traffic altercation in the parking lot of the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Tinley Park after the Sam Hunt concert Saturday night resulted in a brawl that involved up to nine people. A YouTube video of the alleged incident, posted by user "The Soundwagon," had more had 35,000 views as of Monday morning.
Both men and women became involved in the physical confrontation that included several punches, slaps and pushes between multiple parties. A one point, three physical confrontations were taking place at the same time.
The video — which lasts for more than four minutes — shows three men exit their vehicles after a dispute between two drivers involving whose car would be ahead in the line to get out of the parking lot.
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One says to the driver of a van: "Dude, it's a parking lot. Where you gonna go? (sic)" before forcefully pushing the other man. Soon after, nearby cars cleared with as many as nine people involved in the brawl.
Expletives were heard several times, and multiple punches and pushes were exchanged. Finally, a woman says, "I'm calling the (expletive) cops," and police arrived about a minute later.
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Even after police arrived, multiple female participants in the brawl still engaged in physical contact with each other, with one repeatedly mentioning that one of the male participants hit a woman during the confrontation caught near the start of the video.
Security was involved immediately but was not able to quell the growing brawl.
No one was arrested. Tinley Park Police Chief Steve Neubauer said Monday afternoon that none of the parties wished to pursue complaints.
Watch the video here (be advised that strong language some might find offensive can be heard):
Photo via YouTube screenshot
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