Officials Close Mall After Fans Rush Stage
From Times Wire Reports
Police shut down a suburban mall for several hours after fans of the boy band B5 rushed the stage during a free concert.
More than 2,000 fans, mostly teenage girls, had converged on Brookdale Center mall for the show, sponsored by the local Radio Disney station, KDIZ-AM. Seventy officers from 23 communities responded.
B5 is a group of five brothers from Atlanta -- Dustin, Patrick, Kelly, Bryan and Carnell Breeding -- ages 10 to 17.
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