LEWISTON A melee erupted Saturday night when teenagers clashed at FunZ Trampoline Park in the Lewiston Mall.
People fight at FunZ Trampoline Park in Lewiston over the Easter weekend.
Screengrab from Facebook video
Local police said staff at the park reported kids “grabbing and punching at each other” inside the facility shortly after 8 p.m.
When officers arrived at the scene, the “disturbance had quelled,” Lt. David St. Pierre said, and several of the kids were leaving the area.
The business closed early for the night, St. Pierre said, making that announcement to the patrons after police arrived.
“We are aware of the videos that were posted on social media showing the disturbance inside and outside the business,” St. Pierre said. “We are investigating and attempting to identify those involved,”
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Posted Dec 15, 2020
Anthony Hughes Jr., 15, was fatally shot while walking home, about an hour after attending a meeting at the King Kennedy Boys and Girls Club.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – National media seized upon the story of Anthony Hughes Jr.’s shooting last week, all using some variation of the headline: “Teen fatally shot after meeting about another teen’s death.”
It’s the kind of headline that commands attention for its disturbing irony, and also because of what it conveys about a city experiencing its highest homicide rate in decades. It’s a headline that says if you are a child in Cleveland today, chances are good that the violence will find you. Even if you gather with your peers to condemn it.