San Rafael police are investigating three violent incidents that happened after celebrations wrapped up for Guatemalan Independence Day.
SAN RAFAEL -- Seven police departments were called to aid San Rafael police after violence erupted when officers broke up a large crowd at a sideshow early Saturday, authorities said.
About 1,500 people celebrated the independence events at Northgate Mall in Terra Linda and in a parking lot in the 1100 block of Andersen Drive. As those events ended, large gatherings took place in the Canal neighborhood, leading to traffic jams, police said.At midnight, officers began to break up the crowd at a sideshow, an illegal display of automotive stunts, at Canal Street and Medway Road. When violence flared, police broadcast an emergency request for aid from other police agencies.
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