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Suburban mall shut down after screaming teens rush stage during free concert

Associated Press

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – Police shut down a suburban shopping mall for several hours Saturday after screaming fans of the boy band B5 rushed the stage during a free concert.Five people suffered minor injuries, police said.More than 2,000 fans, mostly teenage girls, had converged on Brookdale Center mall for the show, sponsored by the local Radio Disney station, KDIZ-AM. The band had only made it to the second song when the chaos broke out and girls began rushing the stage.”It just seemed like a girl frenzy,” said Christopher Taykalo of Radio Disney. “A lot of young teenage girls who were trying to get close to their artists that they are huge fans of.”Seventy officers from 23 area communities responded the chaos. It took about 15 minutes for them to get the crowd under control and another 30 minutes to clear out the mall. The mall reopened later Saturday evening.”I’ve never seen anything like it in my life,” Jennifer Fullbright, 49, of Cottage Grove, told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. She had brought her daughter and her friend to the see the band.B5 is a group of five brothers from Atlanta – Dustin, Patrick, Kelly, Bryan and Carnell Breeding – ages 10 to 17. Their debut album, “All I Do,” came out this summer, and they toured with the BET cable network’s “Scream Tour IV.”


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