Brawl erupts between Citizen, security and fans during San Diego show

According to various reports flooding in from social networks, a brawl between Citizen and security erupted during the band's set tonight at the House Of Blues in San Diego. While nothing concrete has surfaced as of yet, it looks as though venue security were aggressively dealing with members of the crowd and Citizen frontman Mat Kerekes intervened. Watch three fan-shot videos of the debacle:

Citizen tweeted this after the show had ended:

We're sorry San Diego. Violence is never the answer when the job is to keep people secure. (Grown men, keep your hands off of young kids.)

— Citizen (@CitizenMi) September 21, 2014

They then followed with this a few hours later:

There is a right and a wrong way to handle everything. When push came to shove, the kids and venue showed their sensibility..

— Citizen (@CitizenMi) September 21, 2014

The offending security was dealt with accordingly. No violence. No compromise. You chose the right- Thanks for everything. xo

— Citizen (@CitizenMi) September 21, 2014

You can check out a few comments (including one from You Blew It!) on the situation below.

HOB Security v. Common Sense

— You Blew It! (@youblewit) September 21, 2014

@alsidus security choked n punch ppl in the crowd and citizen stood up for the crowd basically

— violet (@receivinglines) September 21, 2014

CITIZEN ONLY PLAYED HALF THEIR SET BECAUSE A SECURITY GUARD TACKLED MAT AND PINNED HIM TO THE WALL

— CxJ (@cjtizenx) September 21, 2014

it's scary when security starts fights when they should be the ones ending them.

— amy mason❁ (@shrekdeeep) September 21, 2014

You'll never catch me at @HOBSanDiego again. @CitizenMi defended their fans till the end #citizen #sd

— Kendall (@Kendallisodd) September 21, 2014