I called a friend in the sheriff’s department and was able to get a picture of the melee.
Posted on 07/19/2020 11:14:07 AM PDT by digger48
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A minor was shot and numerous others were arrested Saturday night amid what authorities called a “melee” at the Marion County Fair.
Around 8:40 p.m., deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office were escorting some juveniles out of the fair gates when 100-150 other kids forced their way through the gates and into the fair, leading to multiple fights, Maj. Michael Hubbs with MCSO and IMPD Officer Genae Cook said during a joint briefing near the fairgrounds.
Hubbs said the juveniles being escorted out of the fairgrounds were being arrested for disorderly conduct, and that was when the “crowd was somewhat incited.”
During those fights, several shots were fired, and one young person was shot, suffering injuries that did not appear life-threatening, officials said. A second person was being examined for a possible minor injury that may have been from a bullet.
Multiple guns were recovered from the area, and numerous juveniles were detained and questioned, Cook said.
Hubbs said he had been working at the fair all week and it had been a success, calling Saturday night’s incident “an exception.”
He said prior to Saturday night, there had been five arrests during the week at the fairgrounds, and all arrestees were juveniles.
Hubbs said thousands of juveniles were at the fair on Saturday, most not accompanied by adults.
“We expect everybody to behave, whether you’re a juvenile or an adult. And that’s society. That’s how we need to look at these issues. So, parents, if you’re dropping your children off, you’re still accountable for your child,” Hubbs said.
One sheriff’s deputy was injured during what Hubbs called “the melee,” when a chemical spray was deployed while law enforcement was making arrests, he said.
The Marion County Fair kicked off on July 11 and was set to end on Sunday. However, following the shooting, the last day, Sunday, has been canceled.
Out of control juveniles should be tried as adults for pre-meditated acts.
the last day, Sunday, has been canceled.
That’s when church services are held at county fairs.
They managed to have TV coverage without any pictures of the “juveniles”....
hmmmmm.....
Are “juveniles” the same as “teens” and “yutes”?
“Juveniles”, “minors”, “teens”.......
Yeah, I know what that means.
I’m amazed they got to hold a fair at all during the covid panic. But it keeps all those Hoosier youth occupied in a time of stress, I see. (Wonder if the young folks were wearing masks.)
At least he wasn’t shot in the fracas (Paul Harvey reference).
Are “juveniles” the same as “teens” and “yutes”?
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Yes. An accurate PARTIAL description of these “juveniles” would be “low-IQ, with little self control, filled with hate, lazy, desirous of injuring people and destroying property”. And those might be among their least negative characteristics.
But shooting is a ranged attack, not melee.
Couldn’t see much in the video but the two handcuffed “kids” (as the scared reporter mumbled through his face diaper called them) you could see briefly in the news report were, well, what you suspect.
Yes. The fairgrounds is surrounded by Section 8 housing.
How about “young thugs”?
Well not perzackly in the fracas.....
Ferals running wild.
I called a friend in the sheriff’s department and was able to get a picture of the melee.
Hubbs said he had been working at the fair all week and it had been a success, calling Saturday night’s incident “an exception.”
Glad to see it was juveniles instead of youths.
‘deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office were escorting some juveniles out of the fair gates’
juveniles, eh...?
‘I called a friend in the sheriff’s department and was able to get a picture of the melee.’
ha ha ha...
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