Ryan Fish is KGUN 9's Midtown and Downtown Tucson reporter. Send your story ideas to Ryan at [email protected].
Pro-Palestine protesters have moved down to the area near Euclid Ave. and University Blvd.
Several objects were thrown into the street along University Blvd. and at least one storefront was vandalized. KGUN also saw people throwing objects at police. Police are still monitoring the area near University Blvd. and Park Ave. where the original encampment was set up.KGUN crews on the scene say police have now deployed tear gas as they work to break up the protests on campus.UAlertUpdate 2Police instructing unlawful assembly to disperse. Chemical munitions deployed. Avoid the area & follow directions of police.
A protest Thursday evening began at Catalina Park, about a half mile from campus. Protesters then marched with signs and flags toward campus around 6 p.m. Once they arrived, protesters were seen drilling pieces of the encampment together. They also set up tarps and tilted canopies.Crews in white suits arrived on scene with a garbage truck. They tell KGUN 9 they are ready to clean up the encampment as soon as they get the order to do so.
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