Video: ‘Fright Fest’ At Six Flags America Turns Into Fight Night As Crowds Turn Violent

BOWIE, Md. (WJZ-TV) — It was a chaotic play astatine Six Flags America successful Prince George’s County aft respective fights broke retired successful the parking lot.

WJZ-TV successful Baltimore spoke to a parent who said her 14-year-old girl was caught successful the mediate of the chaos and unit that erupted astatine the amusement parkland Saturday night. “My girl called maine and she was screaming that she was jumped,” the woman, who asked to stay anonymous, told WJZ. “I don’t deliberation anyone knew anyone. I don’t deliberation anyone cared. It’s similar this is what they went determination for.. and if I would person known that. I would had ne'er fto my girl spell to six flags.”

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Social media videos circulating online amusement Fright Fest rapidly turning into combat night, forcing the parkland to adjacent early. Young women were seen viciously attacking each different successful the parking lot, roofs of cars tramped connected and radical smashing windows.

“It was scary, it was precise scary,” said the mother.

The pistillate told WJZ determination were hundreds of radical extracurricular Six Flags America erstwhile she was trying to find her daughter. Videos amusement officers connected the country attempting to interruption up the brawls, but radical who were determination accidental not overmuch was done.

“It was terrible. They had nary power implicit the situation,” said the mother.

Prince George’s County Police released a connection connected the incidental saying :

“The Prince George’s County Police Department is moving to place those who were victimized by acts of vandalism that occurred this play astatine Six Flags Amusement Park. We are reviewing video and attempting to place tag numbers and victims arsenic good arsenic imaginable suspects. Once we place the suspects past the States Attorney’s Office tin find imaginable charges.”

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Prince George’s County Police Department meets regularly with Six Flags to sermon nationalist information and the information program of the amusement park. The program established is based disconnected the erstwhile year’s assemblage past and upcoming events. “

So far, constabulary person not made immoderate arrests yet.

A spokesperson for Six Flags released the pursuing connection pursuing the aboriginal closure of the park:

“The information of our guests and squad members is ever our apical priority. On Saturday, aft observing the improper behaviour of immoderate guests, the parkland was closed astir an hr aboriginal retired of an abundance of caution.” 

We person a zero-tolerance argumentation for immoderate inappropriate behaviour astatine our park. We continuously measure our information and information protocols and conscionable regularly with section instrumentality enforcement to reappraisal and refine our practices. To debar compromising the effectiveness of our information protocols, some seen and unseen, we bash not disclose the details of our information plans.”

Prince George’s County Police and Six Flags are scheduled to conscionable aboriginal this week to reappraisal the park’s information program and marque recommendations. In the meantime, Six Flags America has changed their hours to present adjacent astatine 9 p.m for the remainder of Fright Fest with nary re-entry starting astatine 6 p.m. and nary caller introduction starting astatine 7 p.m.

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“I consciousness similar my kids should acquisition what I did arsenic a kid. People went to these parks to person fun. Now, they’re going determination to fight. When did this happen?” said the mother.