Fight breaks out in downtown Las Vegas after MLK parade

Las Vegas Review-Journal

8 years ago

A Metro officer walks away an arrested individual near the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. A large fight occurred nearby with around 100 people involved and eight were detained, according to Metro. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Cop cars on Ogden and Casino Center near the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. A large fight occurred nearby with around 100 people involved and eight were detained, according to Metro. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Metro police on Ogden and Casino Center near the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. A large fight occurred nearby with around 100 people involved and eight were detained, according to Metro. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Metro Police in an alley near the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. A large fight occurred nearby with around 100 people involved and eight were detained, according to Metro. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Metro officers walk away with handcuffed individuals near the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. A large fight occurred nearby with around 100 people involved and eight were detained, according to Metro. (Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

More than two dozen people were arrested after multiple fights broke out in downtown Las Vegas after the city’s 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade, police said.

Police arrested 23 minors and six adults in the fights, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Grant Rogers said.

Just after 4 p.m., about 100 people were involved in one fight at the intersection of Casino Center Boulevard and Ogden Avenue, Rogers said. No one was seriously injured in the fights, he said.

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