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11 arrested after 'unruly' crowd affected flow of traffic on the Las Vegas Strip

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — 11 people arrested after "unruly crowd" disrupted the flow of traffic on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Police say that a crowd formed outside a resort property in the 3600 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard around 1:30 a.m.

The crowd formed due to a performance that began to affect the flow of traffic, according to Metro Police.

At some point, officers made contact with the crowd and attempted to take people into custody. A person threw an item and struck an officer, but it did not result in any injury.

WATCH: Here's a look at some video we captured on our traffic cameras of the large police presence on the Strip Sunday morning:

11 arrested after 'unruly' crowd affected flow of traffic on the Las Vegas Strip

11 people were arrested.

Eventually, the situation calmed down and vehicle and pedestrian traffic returned to normal.