The job fair hosted more than 200 summer employers and was canceled about halfway through the four-hour event.

A Boston job fair organized by the mayor’s office to connect youth with summer work ended abruptly Saturday when a fight broke out among a large group of event attendees. At around 12:55, a police officer reported “a large disturbance” at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center,

Jobs Fair at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury was broken up due to massive crowding and reports of violent incidents, Boston Police stated -- leading some to critique a lack of security and insufficient planning at the annual event.