A drive-by shooting wounded two teenage boys outside Knotts Berry Farm on Friday night and sent large crowds of people fleeing the amusement park, some falling and twisting ankles as the park was evacuated and panic spread, others hiding with strangers in a bathroom.
Dispatchers received numerous reports of shots fired near the front entrance of the theme park at about 8:27 p.m., Buena Park Police Sgt. Mario Escamilla said. At least one round was fired from a vehicle on Grand Avenue, south of La Palma.
One boy was taken to a hospital and the other showed up there later, police said. They did not immediately appear to have been gravely wounded. Their ages and other details were not made available.
Zachery Lewis was at the park with family members when “out of nowhere people started running from the bumper cars,” he told Adrian Pineda, a videographer for OC Hawk. “I checked around first, thought it was a fire because I could smell burning. But then I heard: ‘Gun! Gun! Gun!’ “
Lewis said he saw people being knocked about and falling over immediately following the shooting. He attempted to help some get back up, dislocating his shoulder in the process, he said, with his arm held aloft and supported by a friend. He became separated from the people he was with and wound up hiding in a bathroom with strangers.
Some people twisted their ankles as they ran from the scene of the shooting, police said.
“Everyone started panicking, kids were getting lost because we didn’t know what was going on,” Melody Padilla, who was at the park, told ABC7.
Beach Boulevard near Knott’s Berry Farm was completely shut down as CHP and Buena Park Police Department officers investigated the scene.
No suspect vehicle description was provided.
“We have been made aware of an incident which took place away from Knott’s Berry Farm’ said a statement by the amusement park. “A victim was assisted by park personnel outside of the park’s gates and transported to a local hospital. The incident is currently being investigated. All inquires should be directed to the Buena Park Police or local authorities.”
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— Knott’s Berry Farm (@knotts) July 10, 2021
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