BOCA RATON, Fla. — One person was arrested Saturday after police responded to a report of a fight and possible shots fired in the area of the food court at Town Center at Boca Raton.
Boca Raton police said the disturbance occurred at 2:30 p.m.
Investigators said officers already at the mall responded and made contact with one of the subjects involved, identified as Santos Figueroa Alvarenga, 18, of Boynton Beach.
The other subjects involved were no longer on scene, according to police.
Alvarenga told officers he was in the food court with family members, but was standing separate from them, when he observed a fight occur involving people he did not know.
Alvarenga told police he watched the fight unfold, and then three men disengaged from the fight and began approaching him aggressively.
At that time, police said Alvarenga became afraid for his safety, so he lifted his shirt to display a firearm in his waistband.
Police said mall personnel intervened and the three men fled the area.
Alvarenga said he did not remove the gun from his waistband or discharge the firearm at any point.
Police said they reviewed surveillance video and there was no evidence that a shooting occurred.
Alvarenga was placed under arrest and faces a charge of possession of a concealed weapon under the age of 21.
He was later taken to the Palm Beach County Jail. Online jail records show he posted a $5,000 bond and was released from custody early Sunday morning.
