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CLEVELAND (WJW) – Video released to the FOX 8 I-Team takes you into the scene after gunfire at Edgewater Park. Investigators now say 16 people pulled out guns.

The gunfire erupted last Saturday evening with the park crowded.

Metroparks police body camera video shows an officer running through the parking lot yelling to a suspect, “Let me see your hands! Get on the —- ground. Get on the ground now!”

While police scrambled, security video shows everyone else did, too. You see a big group of people standing together and then, suddenly, everyone runs for cover.

“We need the police right now,” a 911 caller said.

“Do you know how many shots were fired?” a dispatcher asked.

“At least 20,” a caller said.

“It was so scary. I got a 10-year-old, right here, in the front seat that had to get on my lap,” another caller said.

One person suffered a graze wound in the back from a gunshot.

As an officer arrested one suspect, he said, “you match the description,” and, “you got anything on you, ‘bro?”

“Yeah, firearm. Right, here in my pants, right there,” the suspect answered.

The officer then says over the radio, “I got one more gun.”

“It was a nice shootout,” another 911 caller said.

Last weekend, the Cleveland Metroparks said very little about what happened or why.

However, investigators are releasing photos of a few more possible suspects and, again, 16 people pulled guns during the incident.

“We are working to identify the suspects involved in this incident and utilizing all law enforcement resources available,” said Cleveland Metroparks Police Chief Kelly Stillman. “This type of criminal behavior will not be tolerated anywhere within Cleveland Metroparks and we are working in close coordination with our law enforcement partners to identify and prosecute all suspects to the full extent of the law.”

“There are people in this community who continue to make excuses for this type of behavior,” said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley. They need to wake up and realize this type of violence is going to end in a loss of life and destroy our community.”

Initially, police arrested a 17-year-old from Lyndhurst. In Juvenile Court, we found gun charges. Police say the teen had a stolen gun.

We’ve learned investigators are still working on how the teen might be connected to the rest of the incident. We also found he had no prior juvenile record in Cuyahoga County.

“I saw with my own eyes, at least two automatic weapons. They got on the freeway going east,” a 911 caller also said.

The Metroparks call this an “active investigation” while promising you’ll see more of a police presence at Edgewater Park.

Yet, we are already seeing fallout. The Metroparks cancelled this week’s summer concert at Edgewater Park.

Anyone with information related to the incident and individuals involved should call Crime Stoppers at 216-252-7463. Tips may be submitted anonymously. Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $5,000 reward for any information that leads to the identification and arrest of the persons responsible for this crime.