Chaos at Indianapolis Mall Has People Begging for Police -- but Wait Until You Read How Many Arrests Were Made

Coordinated brawls, possible gunshots — but no arrests?

Just one night after an Ohio movie theater was struck by some 200 brawling youths, WTHR-TV reported that an Indianapolis mall was hit with a similar scenario on Saturday night: young people beating one another in ever-growing crowds.

"It was like two groups at a time," witness Darelene Hernandez told WTHR. "People just kept jumping in like they were just like kicking each other."

Multiple other witnesses reported gunshots.

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Said witness Rebekah Tisdale:

No one knew what was going on. We all got down on the floor and were hiding behind the seats. The fire sirens went off in the theater but no one knew what that meant. I was scared for my life based on what has happened in [Colorado] at the movies. Finally someone that worked at AMC came in and told us all to evacuate thru the emergency exit. When we did, we were in a back alley way with no one out there to tell us what to do. We were all scared and confused. We had no idea what to expect or if it was safe to walk to the front of the movies. It would have been nice to have some type of police support out there telling us what to do.

That police support did come, but despite the widespread chaos and the fact that young people were apparently coordinating the huge brawl using social media, police say there were no injuries, no gunshots and they made no arrests.

Instead, Assistant Indianapolis Police Chief Lloyd Crowe told WTHR on Sunday morning that he sees an "opportunity" in what happened Saturday night.

"This is definitely an opportunity to kind of listen to the young people in our community and we will continue to work with our faith-based community and other institutions in the community to establish more safe havens and work on that initiative," said Crowe.

Watch Crowe's interview below:

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