 Hundreds of people were gathered in Centennial Park, Parque de Vida, and Veterans Park in Cortez for the annual Independence Day fireworks festivities on Thursday. The city says that the display was brought to an abrupt halt due to an emergency situation. A convoy of Cortez police cruisers were seen leaving the police building at around 9.45 p.m., headed to what is believed to have been a fight and shooting in the area of the skate park on Montezuma Avenue. No injuries resulted as shots were fired into the air. I'm Kelly Turner.