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Lynn City hears police reports on loud music, fights and a shooting; one establishment set for hearing
Summary
Police summarized multiple late‑October and November incident reports — loud music complaints, an intoxicated patron on Halloween, a barfight that injured a patron and a non‑life‑threatening shooting — and the commission scheduled a hearing for one establishment after concerns about live entertainment licensing.
Lynn City police presented a series of incident reports to the Licensing Commission, covering complaints about loud music, several disturbances outside late‑night establishments, a non‑life‑threatening shooting and property crimes; the board scheduled a hearing for one establishment whose manager failed to appear.
A police representative told commissioners that officers responded multiple times to loud music complaints at 244 Washington Street (Tula Flavors), noting the establishment’s volume tended to be reasonable when doors were closed but disruptive when doors were open. "When the doors were closed, it was fine. When the doors were open, it was very loud and people were complaining," the officer said.
The board also reviewed an Oct. 31 report of an intoxicated female on Halloween at 106 Union Street, an incident outside Peter Sports Bar and Grill on Nov. 10 in which a patron was struck with a broken bottle and transported to the hospital, and disturbances outside El Malecon that police dispersed without further incident.
A shooting at 125 Oxford Street (Mama Blanca) on Nov. 24 was described as non‑life‑threatening; an individual reported being shot in the back and transported to Salem Hospital. Police said the distance the shot was fired from and the fact it passed through a car window reduced the severity. The police presenter also described a separate break‑in at Taqueria Los Compadres (120 Broad Street) in which a computer and cash were reported stolen; charges have been filed in that incident, the officer said.
Separately, the commission addressed Fula Fuego (Madison, Dimitaro), where the manager of record was not present. Chairperson Patricia Barton said the item will be continued as a hearing and the manager must appear at the next meeting; the board warned that the entertainment license permits only television and radio for now while the matter is pending. "Entertainment license is strictly for television and radio," Barton said.
What happens next: the board set a formal hearing for the Fula Fuego matter and asked staff and police to supply further evidence and surveillance if available; criminal investigations described by police will proceed through law enforcement channels.
