Several videos have been posted online showing what uploaders described as hockey fans destroying a Los Angeles Police Department drone outside the Staples Center Friday night after the LA Kings won the NHL's Stanley Cup. However, a spokesperson for the LAPD said the drone did not belong to them.

Riot police were called in to break up what the LA Times described as a "melee" outside the arena following the King's victory over the New York Rangers.

In one clip posted online, a drone can be seen hovering over the crowd of hockey fans before it was knocked out of the sky by people throwing shoes and clothing:

In another clip, the drone is not visible, but the hockey fans can be heard chanting, "We got the drone! We got the drone!" The person who uploaded that video to Facebook included a description that said it showed fans rejoicing after taking down "the LAPD drone that was hovering over the KINGS CHAMPIONSHIP Celebration."

The LAPD has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Business Insider asking whether it lost a drone outside the Staples Center Friday night. Of course with no official response, it is impossible to confirm whether the drone in the video belonged to the police. But the LAPD did recently acquire drones.

Update (June 18, 2014 4:27 PM): Commander Andrew Smith with the LAPD Media Relations Section said the device did not belong to the department in an email to Business Insider Wednesday.

"This was not an LAPD device," Smith wrote, adding that the "LAPD has never deployed Unmanned Aerial Systems."

Late last month, the LAPD announced it was given two "unmanned aerial vehicles" by the Seattle Police Department. The vehicle in the video does not appear to be a Draganflyer X6, which is the model LAPD received from Seattle.

When they announced the gift from Seattle, the department said it wouldn't engage in widespread surveillance with the aerial vehicles and would only employ them for "narrow and prescribed uses" including; hostage situations, barricades, and suspect searches. On June 5, in response to criticism over the department's potential drone usage, LAPD chief Charlie Beck said he would seek input from privacy advocates and civil rights groups before deploying the unmanned aerial vehicles.

"We're going to thoroughly vet the public's opinion on the use of the aerial surveillance platforms," Beck said.

Update (11:16 p.m. EDT): Several tipsters have emailed Business Insider suggesting the device in the video is one of the models in the DJI Phantom series. These are intended for consumer use. Neither the LAPD nor DJI has responded to requests for comment on this story.