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By the numbers: Galveston’s ‘Jeep Weekend’ sees 275 arrests, 3 shootings, and 1 fatality

Jeeps on parade during Jeep Weekend (I-45 now)

During the annual Jeep Weekend, the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office and state troopers responded to more than 800 calls for services during the three-day event on Bolivar Peninsula.

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275 - Arrests made during the three-day event

893 - Calls for service

1 - fatality after a 33-year-old man died

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3 - Number of people shot at the event

189 - Number of arrests that had been made as of Saturday night

3 - Number of trailers full of trash bags filled with trash picked up by local volunteers and a few tourists on Sunday morning

100 - Amount of volunteers that turned out to clean up trash left on the beach from Jeep Weekend

LAST YEAR: More than 230 arrested, 40 hospitalized during Jeep Weekend in Galveston County

As more information becomes available, we will update this story.


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