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King St. incident was a fight say police

This was an isolated incident that resulted in an altercation between two groups of people outside a home on King Street East
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Police investigate an incident at a King St. East home Tuesday morning.

City police are saying this morning that an incident on King St. yesterday was a fight.

"This was an isolated incident that resulted in an altercation between two groups of people outside a home on King Street East," says Constable Merv Shantz. "There were no serious injuries."

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Shantz says several people were taken into custody and some charges were laid.

The incident drew a response from both city police and OPP. 

Police say the fight started at 7:49 in the morning and by afternoon was being called "an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public."

Witnesses report blood on the sidewalk outside a King St. home.

Shantz promises that the specifics will be made public in a media release tomorrow as the incident is still being sorted out by investigators.