OF THE NIGHT. HOW MUCH LONGER THAT LASTS INTO YOUR SATURDAY COMING UP. WEATHERWATCH 12 12 NEWS INVESTIGATES NEW BODY CAMERA VIDEO TONIGHT SHOWING THE POLICE RESPONSE TO HUNDREDS OF KIDS AT BAYSHORE MALL. THE VIDEO THERE SHOWS MASSIVE FIGHTS, POLICE PEPPER SPRAYING KIDS DURING A SO-CALLED TEEN TAKEOVER. SOME VERY TOUGH TO SEE IMAGES HERE. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JAMES STRAND FROM BAYSHORE TONIGHT. GLENDALE POLICE ARRESTED 14 PEOPLE AGES 12 TO 19 HERE AT BAYSHORE ON SUNDAY NIGHT. NEIGHBORS DESCRIBED THE SWARM OF TEENS GOING STORE TO STORE, SOME OF THEM FIGHTING, ALL OF IT. A MEETUP ORGANIZED ONLINE CALLED A TEEN TAKEOVER A NEW VIDEO SHOWS WHAT GLENDALE POLICE LATER DESCRIBE AS CHAOS AT BAYSHORE MALL. POLICE RESPONDING TO FIGHT AFTER FIGHT, PEPPER SPRAYING TEENS DON’T GET TO ACT LIKE BIG KIDS AND THEN CRY LIKE BABIES. POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO BAYSHORE AT 220 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE TAKEOVER ORGANIZED ON INSTAGRAM, TELLING TEENS TO BE THERE FROM 4:00 TO CLOSE. POLICE TELL 12 NEWS THEY ARRESTED 14 REFERRING CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT. BATTERY AND RESISTING POLICE. OH, YOU’RE SO TOUGH. YOU CAN RUN. YOU’RE SO TOUGH. YOU WANT TO RUN? TEEN TAKEOVERS A NATIONAL TREND NOW IN MILWAUKEE THIS ONE, THE FIRST OF THE SEASON ON A SPRING DAY AT THE OUTDOOR MALL. GLENDALE POLICE RELEASING HEAVILY REDACTED VIDEO OF THE NEARLY SIX HOUR ORDEAL. GLENDALE’S MAYOR SPEAKING TO 12 NEWS TUESDAY, I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE WHAT DEVELOPS WITH A LOT OF THE KIDS WHO WERE THERE. YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT ILLEGAL FOR A BUNCH OF KIDS TO GET TOGETHER ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHAT IS ILLEGAL, THOUGH, ARE THE FIGHTS IN THE STREETS AND THREATENING CLERKS IN STORES 17 OR ARE YOU SEVEN? PLEASE STOP CRYING LIKE A SEVEN YEAR OLD. BAYSHORE HAS NOW IMPLEMENTED ITS WEEKEND CURFEW EVERY DAY, SO UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, ANYTIME AFTER 3 P.M. ANYONE 18 OR YOUNGER MUST HAVE SOMEONE 2
Body camera video shows teen takeover response: ‘This is (expletive) chaos’
Glendale police tell 12 News they arrested 14 people ages 12 to 19 at Bayshore Mall Sunday
Updated: 10:29 AM CDT Apr 4, 2026
Editorial Standards
New video shows what Glendale police describe as chaos at Bayshore Mall on Sunday, March 29, in what was described as a planned teen takeover. Glendale police arrested 14 people, ages 12 to 19, and referred charges of disorderly conduct, battery and resisting police. Video shows police responding to several fights, arresting several teens and pepper-spraying others. Teen takeovers are a national trend, now in Milwaukee. The takeover at Bayshore was the first of several incidents that police responded to across the Milwaukee area. Another was reported at Mayfair Mall and another at Moody Park.On Monday night, police responded to a shots-fired call nearby during the takeover at Moody Park.”I was disappointed to see what developed with a lot of the kids who were there,” Mayor Bryan Kennedy said on Tuesday. “It’s not illegal for a bunch of kids to get together on a Sunday afternoon. What is illegal are the fights in the streets and the threatening clerks of stores.”Bayshore will enforce its weekend curfew daily until further notice. So, anyone under the age of 18 is required to have someone 21 or older with them after 3 p.m.Top HeadlinesWATCH Judges Maria Lazar, Chris Taylor debate for Wisconsin Supreme CourtUniversity of Wisconsin president Jay Rothman told to resign or be firedFather, daughter die in house fire in Pleasant PrairieWATCH Suspect in Kenosha stabbing homicide arrested after shelter-in-place order
GLENDALE, Wis. —
New video shows what Glendale police describe as chaos at Bayshore Mall on Sunday, March 29, in what was described as a planned teen takeover.
Glendale police arrested 14 people, ages 12 to 19, and referred charges of disorderly conduct, battery and resisting police. Video shows police responding to several fights, arresting several teens and pepper-spraying others.
Teen takeovers are a national trend, now in Milwaukee. The takeover at Bayshore was the first of several incidents that police responded to across the Milwaukee area. Another was reported at Mayfair Mall and another at Moody Park.
On Monday night, police responded to a shots-fired call nearby during the takeover at Moody Park.
“I was disappointed to see what developed with a lot of the kids who were there,” Mayor Bryan Kennedy said on Tuesday. “It’s not illegal for a bunch of kids to get together on a Sunday afternoon. What is illegal are the fights in the streets and the threatening clerks of stores.”
Bayshore will enforce its weekend curfew daily until further notice. So, anyone under the age of 18 is required to have someone 21 or older with them after 3 p.m.
Top Headlines
WATCH Suspect in Kenosha stabbing homicide arrested after shelter-in-place order
