Thousands of teenage fans swarmed Stonewood Shopping Center in Downey on Saturday to see skateboarding stars Steven Fernandez and Keelan Dadd, causing authorities to cancel their event and temporarily shut down the mall.
Fernandez and Dadd were scheduled for a meet and greet at 1 p.m. at Zumiez, a clothing store in the shopping center. The line started forming outside the store’s doors hours before the skating duo’s appearance, with several hundred young fans crowding the mall, according to a statement from the Downey Police Department. As the event drew near, the crowd swelled to 2,000 people and the line stretched outside the mall.
Video footage of the event shows a mob of screaming teenage fans.
“The clothing store and event staff were overwhelmed with the large crowds,” a police statement said.
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