A fight occurred between several individuals, including Eastern students, after 1 a.m. Friday outside of La Bamba’s Mexican Restaurant.

The Charleston Police Department said “arrests were made,” but wouldn’t release the number of individuals involved or their names. Both the CPD and University Police Department arrived on the scene.

Derek Mack, a senior speech communication major, worked at The Mad Hatter’s Tea that night.

“It was just nasty,” he said. “It was wild and crazy.”

Mack said Mad Hatter’s had just cleared people out at the bar’s closing and then fights began outside.

He said there were two separate fights that had intertwined; one fight had just been somewhat broken up when the other started. The police arrived to break up the second fight.

Mack said the fight may have involved two men fighting over a woman, but said it was hard to see what was going on because the bars had just closed. Many people were around watching after they had exited the bars.

Lorenzo Hernandez, a La Bamba’s employee, said fights are common outside the restaurant.

“Sometimes when there are fights, we don’t see because there are so many people,” he said. “When I see something there’s not much I can do about it.”

Jerry Cole, the night manager at Jimmy John’s sandwiches, said in the four years he has worked there, he has never seen any fights.

“We are in the middle, in a congested area,”he said. “There is a big migration of kids.”

Cole said he was aware a fight occurred, but did not see anything.

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