A riot broke out in Orlando overnight. Police were making what seemed to be a routine arrest, but they wound up outnumbered 200 to 10. "I don't remember something escalating to this level of violence for the last 10 to 15 years."
It looked like a simple drug bust at the Palms Apartments on Mercy Drive. However, Lieutenant Laura Houston says things started getting wild when Orlando police tried to take the suspects into custody.
"Another guy came up and started interfering with that arrest."
That man said he wouldn't let police arrest the two suspects; one of the suspects started fighting back. The chaos continued to intensify; 100 people gathered, yelling. Police fired pepper spray, but Houston says the crowd grew to about 200 people and got even fiercer.
"While they were putting the arrestees in the police cars, people in the crowd began throwing rocks and bottles at them."
One officers' car window was shattered, but the officers managed to get out. Shortly after, the Palms calmed down.
The two suspects are 27-year-old Carl Thorne and 16-year-old Nathan Sigler. They are now charged with inciting a riot.
