Overview

• On July 20, Suffolk County police responded to reports of possible gunfire at the Brookhaven Aquatic Center in Shirley, arresting 13 people in an unauthorized underground fight club event.
• An attendee fired a blank-firing pistol during a scuffle, injuring a 17-year-old and a 19-year-old who were treated at a local hospital.
• Devine Brown, 25, was charged with assault, weapons violations, unlawful assembly, and menacing and is being held pending arraignment.
• Most of those arrested were teenagers and young adults between 16 and 20 years old, highlighting the youth-driven nature of the gatherings.
• This was Suffolk County’s second fight club bust in weeks following a June brawl at Walt Whitman Park in Melville, underscoring an intensified law enforcement crackdown on unsanctioned brawls.