Officers found six spent gun shells in the area where the fight was reported.
SPRINGFIELD – One person was hit in the head with a brick and a second was stabbed in the arm during a large fight Sunday afternoon near the intersection of Dwight Street Extension and Saratoga Street.
The fight, reported at about 4:40 p.m., was between about a dozen people who witnesses said where throwing bricks at each other in front of a convenience store. There were also reports of shots fired, Police Capt. William P. Collins said.
When police arrived, the people fighting had scattered. Officers found six spent gun shells and blood in the area. Later the two victims checked in at the hospital requesting treatment for wounds, which are not life-threatening, Collins said.
It is unknown if anyone was shot during the fight. Police are investigating and they do not know what the fight was about, he said.