A fight and report of a shooting sent people running for cover Sunday night at an anti-drug carnival held at the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Bergen County, authorities said.
An argument erupted and punches were thrown shortly after 8 p.m. when two men who were with their families got into a dispute near a ride, according to police and witnesses.
“We were on line with our children waiting to get in a ride (when) two men got into an altercation,” said a woman who asked that her name not be used.
A “super-buff muscular guy without hesitation approached a (man) and punched him twice in the face,” the woman said.
The man who was punched then “pulled out a gun and pointed it at the (other man),” the woman said. “Chaos ensued. Everyone began running.”
Police officers responded to a report of a shooting at the carnival, which is being held this month on mall property off Route 17 in Paramus.
“We received a report of a shooting. However, when we got there, we realized that nobody had been shot,” Paramus Police Chief Ken Ehrenburg said on Monday.
“But the incident did start a commotion and it spread through the crowd,” Ehrenburg said, adding that there were no arrests but that a police detective continued to investigate on Monday.
The carnival, which runs through June 20, is held to raise money for police to fight drug use. The event, called “L.E.A.D. Fest,” for Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence, is one of several held throughout the state.
According to its website, L.E.A.D. is a not-for-profit organization that aims to educate students about the dangers of drugs and crime, along with providing resources to more than 1,000 schools across the nation.
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