Weymouth carnival canceled for weekend after fracas

The calls became more urgent because people believed they’d heard a gunshot, he said. Police now believe no one fired a gun, he said, and likely whatever bang people heard came from something being knocked over. But the calls drew a large police presence, including from neighboring towns, as officers arrived on scene. Police responded to multiple 911 calls around 7:45 p.m. Friday for reports of fighting at the carnival, which had drawn an unusually large crowd that night, said Weymouth Police Lieutenant Brendan Fogarty on Saturday. Multiple fights at...