Hartford Radio: Police Break-Up Rock Da Boat Brawl

Police say an all-out brawl occurred on the Island Belle early Sunday while hosting the WZMX 93.7 FM "Rock Da Boat" summer cruise.

The summer cruise, was co-hosted by CBS Radio's Hip Hop Hot 93.7 took place from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. and featured an array of hip-hop, Latin and reggae music.

At approximately 4 a.m., a frantic phone call was placed to the Norwalk Police Department from a woman who had locked herself in a bathroom in fear of dozens of people fighting on the boat.

Officers rushed over to Veteran's Park, where they found the vessel as it was docking at the city boat launch.

As it got closer, officers say they could see a rowdy fight on the lower level of the boat, with patrons screaming and shouting at each other as they hurled glass bottles of beer.

As people disembarked from the boat, officers said many continued to drink beer from the vessel as they carried on arguing with each other.

At one point, the crowd swelled to a sea of approximately 300 people fighting and milling about the parking lot, prompting the entire police shift to respond and try to quell the situation.