5 Teens Arrested After Halloween Fight Breaks Out in Crowded Navy Yard, Prompting Response from National Guard and Police By Kimberlee Speakman

Five teenagers have been arrested and face various charges after allegedly engaging in “disorderly activity” that injured at least one cop in Washington, D.C., on Halloween night, according to authorities.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) shared in a news release on Saturday, Nov. 1, that the arrests were made after teenagers congregated in an area “adjacent to an entrance to the Navy Yard Metro Station” in the Navy Yard neighborhood starting around 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31.

Police said that by 8 p.m. several hundred teens gathered at the area, and while “initially peaceful,” “many” in the group began “engaging in fights and disrupting the flow of traffic, repeatedly ignoring instructions to remain on sidewalks.”

MPD arrived on the scene — along with Metro Transit Police, United States Capitol Police, the National Guard and members of the Federal Task Force — in an attempt to control the situation. MPD said officers closed down streets, engaged the group to “restore order” and “directed” them to the Navy Yard Metro Station.

During this time, officers arrested five teens. Kaeden Brown, 18, is charged with possession of a prohibited weapon (knife).

A 16-year-old male is charged with illegal consumption of marijuana. A 15-year-old male is charged with affray, or starting a public fight between several people. Two 14-year-old males are charged with failure to obey and resisting arrest. They were all unnamed due to their status as minors.

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The MPD said that the Metro Transit Police made two additional arrests, though they did not provide any details on the arrest. 

One of the MPD officers sustained “minor injuries” after being “knocked to the ground during the effort to restore order in the park,” MPD said. The officer was treated at the site by emergency services.

A video posted to X showed just how chaotic the incident got, with several teenagers shouting and running around the park in clusters as what appeared to be National Guard members rounded them up. Dozens of police vehicles could also be seen flashing in the background.

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“The behavior displayed last night in Navy Yard is unacceptable, and MPD and our law enforcement partners will have an increased presence tonight to ensure this does not happen again,” MPD Chief of Police Pamela A. Smith said in a statement. 

“This group chose not to visit any of the events hosted by MPD or our DC agency partners and instead gathered in this manner,” she continued. “This evening, MPD will preemptively close several streets around the park area south of M Street, Southeast.” 

She ended her statement noting that the public could expect to see “an increased deployment of MPD officers and partner agency members” and thanked the officers and their partners for their “professionalism during this incident.”