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Reports are coming out of California that the Robert Pattinson “Twilight” event had to be canceled after more than 3,000 screaming girls showed up instead of the 500 the organizers expected and were ready for.
A 911 call came in Monday, and early reports say that one girl fainted and another got her nose broken from being trampled.
This all happened early Monday, but the event was not supposed to start until 6 p.m.
A report in the San Jose Mercury News says that the unruly crowd at the Stonestown Galleria mall gathered early in the morning, hoping to get a glimpse of the 22-year-old star. A line formed around the mall building.
Lieutenant Neville Gittens, spokesman for the San Francisco police, told Blast in a brief interview that mall management shut down the event after asking police their advice on the crowd situation. Gittens said there were no arrests but could not comment on any of the alleged injuries.
An employee at the Hot Topic store that was hosting the event told the paper that the event was shut down by the police.
And just a reminder: Boston has the exact same event planned for Friday at the Hot Topic store at the Square One Mall.
Blast Magazine’s intern, Liz McClendon, and Blast’s Entertainment Editor, Terri Schwartz, contributed to this report