Staff photo by Chattanooga Times Free PressA fight that broke out among an estimated 300 young people at Coolidge Park on Saturday night is all too similar to a fight that happened in the park almost a year ago, Chattanooga police said.
It’s not clear what the fight was about, but police on the scene heard five to seven shots shortly before 10 p.m., said police Sgt. Rick Mincy, patrol supervisor for North Chattanooga.
By 10:30 p.m. Saturday, no injuries had been reported, and police still were looking for the shooter, who was believed to be armed with a .38-caliber handgun.
Mincy said at least 85 percent of the crowd were teens, though young children were in the crowd.
“It was a just a huge group of unsupervised kids, and tensions just flared. It was a recipe for disaster,” Mincy said.