The group gathered to watch a basketball game hosted by K Showtime, a Toronto-based YouTuber with nearly 250,000 subscribers. Local residents who spoke to CTV said they were shocked to see so many teenagers in the park. “We saw cars everywhere,” said Silvana Galizia, who lives nearby. “We thought maybe it was a party, but then we noticed the crowd in the park.” Galizia said it started around 6 p.m. and about 15 minutes later, police arrived. “We were watching from the porch, and all of a sudden people started running, there were fights, and the police showed up,” Galizia said. Residents estimate they saw teenagers as young as 15 at the gathering. “I could not believe it. There were about six to seven people deep around the entire court, people coming and going,” said Rob Klein, a local resident. Police said officers were called to Tremaine Park around 6:15 p.m. for reports of a large concentration. According to the police, several vehicles were parked along the road and blocked the roads. They said officers were overwhelmed by the crowd as they tried to break up the gathering and had to call for backup. Public information officer Andre Johnson said: “several altercations had broken out at that time and at that time and officers moved in to arrest a particular individual.” Police said the man who was arrested has been released and no charges have been filed. In a statement provided by K Showtime’s management, he said: “During yesterday’s takeover of my park in Kitchener, there was a fight that broke out between some people in the crowd who were involved in their own incident. This had nothing to do with our basketball. Don’t come to the parks takeover if you’re trying to fight other people, I have a lot of kids that come out to support and it’s a place to inspire kids, build a community and enjoy competitive basketball. I hope everyone is safe.” His management added, “K Showtime played several games this summer in other cities with no reports of violence and that this was an isolated incident with those in the crowd.”