Carnival at mall shut down by big crowds, nearby gun violence

The carnival at the Orange Park Mall in Clay County came to an abrupt end Saturday night.

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Carnival at mall shut down by big crowds, nearby gun violence

Orange Park Mall Carnival closed Saturday nighttime owed to overcrowding and adjacent weapon violence.

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – The carnival astatine the Orange Park Mall successful Clay County came to an abrupt extremity Saturday night.

Sheriff’s officials accidental anyplace betwixt 2,500 and 3,000 radical came retired for the large event, but that was conscionable excessively many. The carnival had to beryllium unopen down owed to overcrowding, and juveniles getting into “altercations.”

Around that time, CCSO got reports of shots fired adjacent wherever the just was being held. Deputies besides responded to calls of shots fired earlier successful the evening, arsenic well. Authorities accidental they bash not judge the incidents were related to the carnival. No injuries person been reported, and astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic is successful custody.

One Sheriff’s authoritative says portion the carnival was acceptable to proceed adjacent weekend, helium believes that volition not beryllium happening now. News4Jax has not yet confirmed whether that’s accurate.

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