LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Los Angeles County sheriffs say they are probing a melee that broke out between deputies and rock and bottle-throwing patrons of Hollywood's trendy Key Club.
Deputies say they went to the West Hollywood club around 10:30 p.m. PST Thursday after dispatchers received a call a fight had broken out between security personnel and patrons of a punk-rock show, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
The arrest of Robert James Bezeeley, 20, and Gabriel Jesse Ruiz, 19, for allegedly attacking Key Club security during the fight -- and the "disruptive nature" of the crowd -- prompted the management to stop the concert, close down the club and ask everyone to leave, police said.
Patrons became unruly as they dispersed and about 60 people began throwing objects at deputies, who responded by spraying Mace into the crowd, the Times said.
The melee lasted about 30 minutes but none of the assailants among the crowd were arrested.
"Due to the distance of suspects throwing rocks and bottles at deputies, it was not tactfully safe to send a team to arrest these individuals," authorities said in the statement.
