Police are trying to defuse internal beefing within one of the city's major gangs. It came to public attention on Saturday morning when there was a fight or some sort of misunderstanding between the well-known street figure, Kenneth "Big Tom" Flowers and a few other men. Police have confirmed that there was no shooting but say they still had to organize an emergency intervention session. Senior Superintendent Williams told us more about this effort.
Sr. Supt Chester Williams, Commander, Eastern Division Southside
"The police, we are looking into a situation and I will say that this morning myself and Mrs. Finnegan, we had a lengthy intervention session with factions from the Taylor's Alley group as well as Big Tom. As you would know that they were one gang - they were all associates. But apparently something went wrong between them and that sparked one incident over the weekend and police were on top of it I must say. The police were in the area and responded very quickly. The parties involved were apprehended by the police and both parties are not requesting any court action. So in terms of pursuing the matter to court we are unable to do so. But with a view to try and defused whatever problem may 
persist between them, we kept them over the weekend and this morning we had an intervention session with them. I would want to think that the session was very successful. Both parties state their position and they pledge that whatever it was between them, that they will put it aside and they'll move on as they use to be. So we believe that that problem will be defused. Nonetheless we continue to maintain our police presence in the Taylor's Alley area as well as the PIV area. Because at the end of the day we are not taking anything for granted. We maintained our vigilance, despite the fact that we may have done interventions, because we do not want to be caught with our guards down."
No one was injured in this flare up.
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