NEW: Southern California shopping mall closes early after the mall got taken over by fighting teens.
— BAY AREA STATE OF MIND (@YayAreaNews) March 18, 2024
The incident happened in Long Beach at The Pike Outlets mall.
Police were called to the area after a mob of ~200 teens showed up for a social media meetup.
Officers declared a… pic.twitter.com/0oRzHbsa5O
加州長灘市警方周六（3/16）要求某購物中心所有店家提前打烊，原因是4人在社群媒體上相約到此單挑，貼文瘋傳，吸引約200人到場圍觀，迫使店家無奈提前關門。
Long Beach Police Chief ‘proud’ of response to shopping mall brawl https://t.co/kMaCZgXeX2
— KTLA (@KTLA) March 18, 2024
加州長灘市2女鬥毆，迫使店家提前打烊。
長灘市警方證實他們得知2女、1成人及1未成年人相約單挑，早就在預定地點部署警力待命。
圍觀者拍攝的視頻可見，2名少女拳腳相向，一大群年輕人圍觀起鬨，許多人拿起手機拍攝。
最後警方介入，逮捕2女並驅散人群，據稱警方怕逮捕的人太多，還出動巴士到現場。
Pike Outlets經營者以及各店家老板，為此決定提早在下午6時左右打烊，疏散顧客，警方還揚言會逮捕不離開的人。