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A huge brawl broke out at a local hip hop award show in Crystal City Saturday night, sending several people to the hospital.
Multiple fights broke out at the 2011 DMV Music Awards at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, authorities said. Reports of more than 20 people fighting amid an audience of more than 1,500 prompted Arlington County police to take the rare step of sending every available unit to the scene.
“We’re going to need everyone,†an officer radioed to the dispatch center just after 9:30 p.m. “Apparently the whole place is out of control.â€
Police arrived after most of the fighting had been broken up. Arlington officers were joined by units from Alexandria and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, a witness said. Some officers were armed with assault rifles, riot shields and other tactical gear, according to multiple witnesses.
The violence sent at least five people to local hospitals, according to Arlington Police spokeswoman Det. Crystal Nosal. Among the injured were a hotel employee and an individual who suffered “severe trauma to left eye.â€
As of 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, no arrests had been made, according to Nosal. At that time police were still conducting an “active investigation†inside the hotel, Nosal said.
http://www.arlnow.com/2011/03/06/mel...-crystal-city/
Multiple fights broke out at the 2011 DMV Music Awards at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, authorities said. Reports of more than 20 people fighting amid an audience of more than 1,500 prompted Arlington County police to take the rare step of sending every available unit to the scene.
“We’re going to need everyone,†an officer radioed to the dispatch center just after 9:30 p.m. “Apparently the whole place is out of control.â€
Police arrived after most of the fighting had been broken up. Arlington officers were joined by units from Alexandria and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, a witness said. Some officers were armed with assault rifles, riot shields and other tactical gear, according to multiple witnesses.
The violence sent at least five people to local hospitals, according to Arlington Police spokeswoman Det. Crystal Nosal. Among the injured were a hotel employee and an individual who suffered “severe trauma to left eye.â€
As of 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, no arrests had been made, according to Nosal. At that time police were still conducting an “active investigation†inside the hotel, Nosal said.
http://www.arlnow.com/2011/03/06/mel...-crystal-city/
I think the only reason there was no shooting is they left their guns at home, Virginia is a gun friendly state but only if they are legal. You do not want to bring a gun in VA and use it in a crime and I have been told that the judges in Arlington are the toughest in the area.
The only DMV I knew of was the Division of Motor Vehicles but I have learned something new at their website. http://dmvlife.com/index.html
Sad when a group of people cant have a nice evening without fighting.
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