MIAMI (WSVN) - Over 100 riders took to the street in what’s become a disruptive annual “Wheels Up, Guns Down” Martin Luther King Jr. Day tradition.
Though the year came with a lighter than usual turnout, plenty of riders were seen at a Biscayne Boulevard and 34th Street gas station that was captured in aerial footage by 7Skyforce.
7SkyForce followed the riders as they started their trip near Miami Edison Middle School.
Throughout Monday evening, riders wheeled and winded their way through busy Miami traffic.
Police said some of the riders stopped on top of the bridge, where they lit and threw fireworks into the Miami River. Police officers that they were following them cleared the area.
A second group broke off and remained in the downtown area. Local law enforcement kept a close eye on them.
While it was nothing like the revved up, ATV and dirt bike debacles of previous years, there were plenty of risky and dangerous trickery on major streets.
Along Interstate 95, at the entrance ramp from south of downtown all the way to 103rd Street, Florida Highway Patrol and police officers patrolled the roadways and the highway to keep the riders from blocking traffic.
No injuries have been reported.
A person on an ATV was taken into custody by the Brickell Avenue bridge. Two bikers were arrested and had their bicycles confiscated near a gas station on Biscayne Boulevard. The charges for these two individuals remain unknown.
Miami-Dade Police said they have taken off two dozen guns from the streets since the start of the annual tradition. Additionally, 169 people were arrested so far this holiday weekend, with more than 600 citations given out. Police also said that 63 vehicles were impounded and 20 stolen vehicles were recovered.
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