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Full chaos broke out inside Six Flags Over Georgia on Saturday night with an enormous battle that ended with a policeman capturing a 15-year-old boy outdoors the park, who was performing in self-defense through the shootout.
As WTVN reported, a riotous crowd of about 500-600 individuals started brawling contained in the park, which is situated in Atlanta. The outlet notes police had been in a position to escort them outdoors the park gates.
In one of many fights captured on social media, a number of younger ladies are proven concerned within the commotion.
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NEW: Preventing breaks out on opening day at Six Flags in Georgia, ending with police capturing a 15-year-old boy.
That is why good issues can't occur in Atlanta.
Police say they had been referred to as to the park after receiving experiences of *500-600* individuals working and combating.
Then park… pic.twitter.com/mJm99NDwxX
– Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) 4 March 2024
As soon as outdoors Six Flags, issues took a flip for the worst. An unknown group of thugs instantly started capturing at Cobb County law enforcement officials who had been trying to revive order.
An officer shot a 15-year-old boy. The person was taken to Grady Hospital and is in important situation, in response to WTVN.
The person was later recognized as Sayre Littlefield of School Park, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Police say he has been charged with aggravated assault.
A social media person captured the capturing in addition to one other altercation (the altercation is within the decrease proper video, whereas gunshots could be heard within the decrease left video).
They opened Six Flags outdoors Atlanta, and naturally, there was instantly a shootout. Massive-scale brawl, a number of individuals had been shot. pic.twitter.com/cPw4ho5hBX
– Dr. PMS (@2timeguy) 4 March 2024
Here’s a extra concrete video capturing the automated firing of a number of rounds.
BREAKING: Cellphone video captures automated capturing close to Six Flags amusement park in Atlanta
No police have been injured, in response to experiences One man shot by police is predicted to outlive pic.twitter.com/fJUFIEWUkB
– Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) 3 March 2024
Six Flags Over Georgia issued a press release vowing to make sure security inside and outdoors the theme park any more:
Our purpose is to offer protected, entertaining leisure. We make use of state-of-the-art safety methods and steel detection, preserve a robust and vigilant public security division, and obtain robust assist from the Cobb County Police who’re current each inside and outdoors the park.
Each visitor is predicted to stick to our strict code of conduct and anybody who’s unwilling to stick to that code of conduct isn’t welcome.
It's unclear whether or not different people apart from Littlefield will face costs. The incident is reportedly being investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.