MIAMI (WSVN) - Four teens have been arrested following a series of chaotic events near Bayside Marketplace in downtown Miami that all began, police said, after a large fight involving teenagers.
The incident unfolded Monday evening just after 8 p.m. following calls of a riot and fireworks set off inside Bayside Marketplace.
Then, there would be fights. Several of them involving teens.
The chaos sparked a citywide emergency call that brought dozens of officers to this area to try and get things under control. And, they did.
Video sent to 7News showed a large group of teenagers setting off firecrackers on the road and running, scattered all over and screaming, causing residents, tourists, and people in the area to panic.
Officers arrived and were able to clear the area.
However, hours later, around 10:45 p.m., police said, a group of juveniles targeted a man’s vehicle near SE Third Avenue and Second Street.
Police said when an unknown object was thrown at the man’s vehicle, he exited the vehicle, and asked who threw a bottle at his car. That is when, police said, the group began to kick and punch the man. During the altercation, the victim was also robbed of his cell phone.
Responding officers immediately arrived on the scene and called for backup.
After a short foot chase, two of the offenders were captured.
“This is our first time here in Miami and we’re just like, it’s crazy,” said Alberto Martinez who was visiting from Dallas, Texas.
Two teens, 15-year-old Willy Cummings and 15-year-old Antonio Williams are facing several charges including third-degree grand theft and battery.
Two other teens, ages 14 and 16, were charged with resisting an officer without violence.
“They just started fighting,” said Eduardo Thompson, a teenager who witnessed the brawls. “They just got crazy. And then the police were coming up to everybody, telling them crazy stuff.”
“Lots of policemen. It was incredible. In France, it’s not possible to have so much policeman.” said a female witness.
“It may look like an overreaction with the amount of officers that responded, but the truth is that’s really part of strategy.” said former Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina.
It could have been more dangerous without that massive Miami police response
“When you’re kind of showing overwhelming amount of force, without having to apply physical force and people disperse, they go home, they think there’s too many officers, we don’t want to engage, that’s really what you want, which is what happened,” Colina said.
Marcus Ramey spoke with 7News after his siblings sent him a live-stream video of what was happening.
“When I joined the live, I first see them running to the girl and I see the girl waiting in the field because she was cornered from them, a group of them cornered her,” he said. “That’s when a girl ran up on her and they started fighting in the video and started tussling and another girl jumped in and they started fighting. Somebody said there goes the police and everybody started scattering and running.”
According to officials, no one was injured.
“When you get the kind of measure, what happened, like we can do, we can see that it was the appropriate response because nobody was harmed,” Colina said. “If they hesitate and they wait and something goes wrong, then naturally it’s always the question of ‘but why did they?'”
The teens arrested are expected to make their first appearance in juvenile court on Wednesday.
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