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Amarillo Police Department
Friday June 28th, 2019 :: 07:49 a.m. CDT

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Charges filed in incident at Bones Hooks on Juneteenth.

AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT

MEDIA/PUBLIC RELEASE

 

DATE: June 15, 2019

TIME: 3:09PM

CASE NUMBER: 2019-512985

INCIDENT TYPE: Disorderly Conduct

OFFICER SUBMITTING RELEASE:Sgt. Carla Burr-PIO

 

DETAILS:

On June 15, 2019, at 3:09pm, police officers were sent to Bones Hooks Park on several calls for a large fight.  When officers arrived, the subjects were no longer fighting and the parties who were alleged to be involved were not located.  On June 17, our Detective Division was made aware of videos that were on social media sites, showing subjects fighting from the same incident at the park.  A detective from the Juvenile Investigation Squad was assigned the case and several of the subjects in the video were identified.  A case was presented to Municipal Court for Disorderly Conduct-Affray (fighting), and charges were accepted against 6 juvenile females.  This case is still being investigated by members of the APD Detective Division.  If any citizen has further information regarding this incident, please call the Amarillo Police Detective Division at 806.378.4251.

Address/Location
Amarillo Police Department
200 SE 3rd Ave
Amarillo, TX 79101

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 806-378-4257

Carla Burr
Crime Prevention Unit
[email protected]
806-378-4257

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