PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Providence police responded to multiple incidents related to a Saturday morning gathering of approximately 1,000 people near the intersection of Eaton Street and Radcliffe Avenue.

According to an incident report provided by Providence police spokesperson Kristy Dos Reis, Providence College Detail officers responded to the area just after midnight.

The report says that a disturbance occurred in a crowd of approximately 300 people on Radcliffe Avenue, including an “overwhelming number of subjects fighting.”

Officers decided that it would be unsafe to try and diffuse the situation until additional officers arrived.

They were approached by multiple people who said that an individual was bleeding heavily from his head after an assault in the area of 160 Radcliffe A

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