Hundreds of teens gather in Midtown, then fireworks, shots cause chaos

As many as 400 teenagers fled into the streets of Midtown Saturday after a brawl in Atlantic Station escalated and fireworks were shot, Atlanta police say.

A “very large” group of teenagers were part of a busy crowd at Atlantic Station, a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood, on Dec. 27 when police were alerted to a brawl that had broken out near the Dillard’s, police said.

The teens were there unsupervised, police say, a violation of the Atlantic Station rules. Police started to work to disperse the groups when loud sounds rung out around Atlantic Station.

Fireworks mistaken for gunshots

Police say fireworks were set off in the area, but they were largely mistaken as gunshots…

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