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Police called to break up massive fight at Worlds of Fun Hundreds of people, mostly teens, involved in fight Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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STRAIGHT AHEAD. EMILY: THANKS, NEVILLE. NEW TONIGHT, POLICE TELL KMBC 9 NEWS ONE TEENAGER WAS CITED AFTER A LARGE FIGHT INVOLVING HUNDREDS OF TEENS AT WORLDS OF FUN LAST NIGHT. NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT SOME FAMILIES SAY THE INCIDENT IS CONCERNING. KMBC9S BIANCA BELTRAN IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF WORLDS OF FUN WITH THE LATEST. BIANCA: EMILY, THIS IS JUST THE SECOND WEEKEND OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK HAS BEEN OPEN FOR THE SEASON. I SPOKE TO A CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WHO PATROLLED THE PARK THIS MORNING. HE TELLS ME THAT IN ADDITION TO THE PARK STAFF, LAW ENFORCEMENT USUALLY WORK BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE PARK TO HELP RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES. LAST NIGHT THE BIG CHALLENGE WAS DEALING WITH SUCH A LARGE SIZE CROWD. THE FUN AT WORLDS OF FUN THEME PARK CAME TO HALT SATURDAY NIGHT. >> WE WERE JUST GOING TO A RIDE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD A TON OF SCREAMING AND YELLING. [SCREAMING] >> OUT OF NOWHERE HUNDREDS OF KIDS JUST WENT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE AND STARTED FIGHTING. BIANCA: MADI CAPTURED SOME OF THE COMMOTION ON VIDEO AFTER POLICE RESPONDED, REMOVING PEOPLE FROM THE PARK. >> THEY’D GET THEM KIND OF SETTLED, AND THEN THEY WOULD TAKE ANOTHER KID, AND IS JUST KEPT ESCALATING. IT WAS A HUGE MOB OF KIDS FIGHTING EACH OTHER. BIANCA: POLICE ESTIMATE AROUND 300 TEENS WERE INVOLVED. THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REQUESTED HELP FROM OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO DEAL WITH THE LARGE CROWD. A DEPUTY TOLD KMBC THEY WERE OUTNUMBERED. >> MADE IT LIKE FOR FIVE TIMES. THEY WOULD BREAK IT UP AND THEN THEY WERE GO IN AND THE SHIRTS WOULD RUN BACK OVER THERE AND THERE WERE JUST START FIGHTING AGAIN. THE JUNCKER FISH DESPITE THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED, AND MULTIPLE FIGHTS, POLICE SAY THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO ONE WAS ARRESTED. A 17-YEAR-OLD WAS CITED FOR PEACE DISTURBANCE AND RELEASED AT THE SCENE. AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, VISITORS TO THE PARK WERE GLAD TO HAVE MADE IT OUT SAFELY. >> I THINK THEY WERE OVERWHELMED , BUT I THINK THEY DID REALLY WELL. >> I THINK IT DEFINITELY COULD HAVE ESCALATED A LOT WORSE HAD THERE NOT BEEN SO MANY THERE AT THE SAME TIME. BIANCA: WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO WORLDS OF FUN FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT. A PARK REPRESENTATIVE TELLS US THAT FAR FEWER THAN THE 300 TEENS ESTIMATED BY POLICE WERE INVOLVED. WE ALSO ASKED THEM TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SECURITY CONCERNS VIEWERS BROUGHT UP AND WE ARE TOLD THEY WILL BE GETTING BACK TO US AFTER THE HOLIDAY. IN KANSAS, MISSOURI, BIANCA MOTON, KMBC NEWS. EMILY: IN A STATEMENT, WORLDS OF FUN DID SAY, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR GUESTS AND EMPLOYEES IS AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO. THE AUTHORITIES RESPONDED QUICKLY AND HANDLED TH