Overview
- The downtown gathering of about 200 to 300 people followed England’s win and drew police to San Fernando and South Second, where officers said the crowd blocked traffic, set off fireworks, drank in the street, and threw objects at officers.
- Police declared an unlawful assembly late Sunday and ordered the crowd to disperse, and officials said most people complied with the dispersal order without further large-scale enforcement.
- Hours after the crowd cleared, officers responded to reports of gunfire near South First and San Salvador, detained a man believed to be connected to the incident, and recovered a firearm.
- A man with a gunshot wound was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and investigators are treating the shooting as linked to the night’s downtown activity.
- City leaders had already moved official watch parties to ticketed, controlled sites at Discovery Meadow and the SAP Center to manage turnout and safety, and officials plan to resume some events in San Pedro Square with continued security measures.