Police investigate shots fired in large crowd at Katherine Rose Memorial Park in Mansfield

Police are investigating shots fired Monday night near the basketball courts at Katherine Rose Memorial Park in Mansfield, where a large crowd had gathered.

No injuries have been reported.

Officers responded to the park about 7 p.m., the Mansfield Police Department said in a social media post.

“As officers attempted to disperse the crowd, officers reported hearing shots being fired,” the police department said in the post about 9:30 p.m.

Officers collected evidence including shell casings, and the investigation is ongoing, police said. “At this time, we have been unable to locate any injured persons. The park is cleared and officers are working to clear the surrounding areas.”

Police asked the public to avoid the area of the park, at 303 N. Walnut Creek Drive, but the road was reopened to traffic.

Arlington and Grand Prairie police, the Tarrant and Johnson County sheriff’s offices, and the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to assist Mansfield police with dispersing a crowd initially estimated at more than 1,000 teenagers.

Posts on social media called for high school students to come to a “Spring Break Link Up” at the park starting at 5 p.m. and bring items like water guns, water balloons, basketballs and footballs. The posts said “plz no 8th graders” and “leave the drama wit yo mamaaa.”

Many people ran away after the reports of shots fired, one witness said. About 100 teens were still spread out across the park around 9 p.m., with dozens of police cars and officers nearby.

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