Rio Vista Park closed at around 4 p.m. due to a large, unruly crowd of teenagers participating in senior skip day, leading to multiple fights, arrests and litter.
A significant crowd of San Antonio-area high school students gathered at Rio Vista Park. The San Marcos Police Department estimated around several hundred students, Russell Wilde, public safety communications specialist, wrote in an email to The Star.
Wilde wrote that officers responded to multiple fights, with multiple assaults on public servants, and SMPD requested assistance from outside agencies due to safety concerns and the crowd size.
According to San Marcos Emergency Services, the crowd refused to leave.
The incident resulted in two high school students from the San Antonio area being arrested: a 17-year-old female was arrested for assault on a Peace Officer and a 17-year-old male was arrested for charges related to drug possession and resisting arrest.
Rio Vista Park reopened at 5 p.m.
