Seven people have been arrested after a large-scale brawl at a New Jersey mall Saturday night, Edison Mayor Sam Joshi said.
More than 300 young people were gathered at Menlo Park Mall in Edison on Saturday night when a “brawl ensued,” Joshi said in a short statement on Facebook. No weapons were involved, and no one was injured in the large-scale fight, he said. None of the people arrested were from Edison, Joshi said.
Because those arrested are minors, no additional information was available Sunday morning.
Tiktok and Instagram videos asking people to meet up at the mall around 7 p.m. were posted earlier this week. The first calls to police around 8 p.m. indicated that 100 people showed up; that figure later swelled to 300.
Videos shared on social media show groups of kids running through the mall food court as people can be heard screaming.
The fight triggered a multi-town police response. Edison Police did not immediately return a request for comment Sunday morning.
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