PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Temple University police released photos of the person they believe fired a gun into the air during a meetup that drew hundreds of young people to the intersection of Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue Saturday afternoon.
In an announcement posted Sunday, Temple University said its Department of Public Safety had been informed earlier in the week of a social media post that detailed a meetup was going to be held at the intersection of Broad and Cecil B. Moore Saturday.
Before the meetup was set to begin, the university had Philadelphia police and Temple University police positioned in the area and officials said their cameras were being monitored.
While the meetup started out fine, several fights eventually broke out just before 5:30 p.m. Officers took action and began to break up the crowd, the university said.
Officials said they took multiple people into custody. As of Sunday morning, seven people between ages 13 to 16 were cited for disorderly conduct, they said.