LA World Cup celebrations turn rowdy

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Monday, June 18, 2018
LA World Cup celebrations turn rowdy
Cellphone video shows a rowdy soccer fan shooting fireworks toward police after Mexico's World Cup victory.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Some soccer fan celebrations got out of control in Los Angeles on Sunday after Mexico's upset victory in the World Cup.

Fans took to the streets, shutting some of them down. And in Huntington Park, cellphone video shows a fan shooting off fireworks toward police.

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Mexico defeats defending champion Germany in the World Cup.

That fan in Huntington Park was later arrested, and two others were also arrested in connection with fan celebrations in Pacoima.

Rowdy behavior was also reported in Santa Ana and East Los Angeles, among other communities. Drivers were seen doing doughnuts on the street, filling the air with smoke and shutting down traffic in some areas.

Mexico beat the World Cup's defending champion Germany, 1-0, on Sunday. The Germans haven't lost a World Cup opening game since 1982.