It was a chaotic Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey Shore with a state of emergency in Wildwood, a reported stabbing in Ocean City and a false report of gunfire in Seaside Heights. NBC10’s Johnny Archer has the details and reactions from officials.
Crowds ran screaming from the boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey, after a teen was stabbed there on Saturday night.
In video obtained by NBC10, crowds of beachgoers can be seen fleeing along 12th Street, down the ramp from the boardwalk just after 9:10 p.m. on Saturday.
Officials said the commotion followed after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed in an incident that happened on the boardwalk between 9th and 10th streets.
According to police, officers responded to reports of a fight along the boardwalk to find the boy after he had been stabbed by an unknown assailant.
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He was transported to a nearby hospital, and officials said Sunday, the teen's injuries were not life-threatening.
"We have a highly qualified team of officers on the boardwalk and throughout town, and they will enforce all laws to the fullest," Ocean City Mayor Jay A. Gillian said in a statement. "Ocean City will always be welcoming to all guests, but I want to send a clear message to parents and to teens: 'If you don’t want to behave, don’t come.'"
Police officials said an investigation into this incident is ongoing and they are asking anyone with information that can further assist in the investigation to contact the Ocean City Police Department's Detective Bureau at (609) 525-9129.
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