UPDATE: Mishawaka Police Department provides new details on police confrontation at Central Park
UPDATE: Mishawaka Police Department provides ABC57 News new details on police confrontation at Central Park during America 250 celebration.
Officers responded to a fight during the fourth of July events held at Central Park Saturday night.
During the incident, an officer confronted several juveniles who appeared to have been fighting and armed with firearms.
The officer was quick to discover the suspected firearms were in fact water guns. Officials say that the water guns did resemble real guns at a quick glance.
MPD says, the officer drew his taser during the incident but did not discharge the taser.
Due to the ongoing event, it was determined to wait until the fireworks had ended before escorting all participants out of the park.
A formal report on the incident will be filed upon collection of all available evidence.
Mishawaka Police Department states they are aware of several social media videos circulating and ask those who have video or photos from the incident to contact the Mishawaka Police Department.
MISHAWAKA, Ind. — ABC57 received video from a community member Monday of a confrontation between a Mishawaka police officer and what appears to be a teenage boy. The video was taken Saturday night during the city's 4th of July celebration at Central Park.
The man who captured the scene, Timmy Billheimer, says he saw teens spraying strangers with water guns throughout the night.
He heard a commotion near the park's 'comfort station' and saw the teen in the video allegedly spray a father and son with his water gun multiple times.
Billheimer says police stepped in soon after. He lost sight of the confrontation for a moment, and then saw the so-far unidentified officer taze the young man.
Billheimer's recording, which starts seconds after the alleged tazing, shows the officer throwing what appears to be a handgun on the ground, before he picks it back up moments later.
ABC57 found a piece of a "Ultra MK" water gun at the scene Monday, in the exact spot where the videos were taken.
Separate videos shot by Billheimer also show police arriving on motorcycle, and the teen writhing on the ground in pain.
ABC57 has reached out to the Mishawaka Police Department multiple times since the incident occurred, but has received no details on the situation or narrative as to what happened from the officer's point-of-view.