Lake brawl suggests racial tensions among teen gangs growing
Sunday, October 5, 2008 12:59 AM PDT
By Amy M.E. Fischer

A Longview teenager was injured Friday at Lake Sacajawea Park during what witnesses say was a racially motivated gang fight, according to a police report.

Shortly before 10 p.m., nearby residents called 911 to report a large fight at the covered pavilion near 16th Avenue and Nichols Boulevard. They said several people were hitting and kicking someone who was lying on the ground. When police arrived, the group scattered.

The 18-year-old beating victim ran to the YMCA and said he’d been assaulted by several Hispanic males who were possibly members of a gang called the “South Side Locos,â€