ATHENS, Ohio - The annual Halloween party in Athens went from serene to shut down after gunshots were fired early yesterday. Three shots were fired on Court Street between Washington and Union streets about 2:05 a.m., Athens police said. The shots were fired into the air during a fistfight, Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle said. No one was injured.

ATHENS, Ohio � The annual Halloween party in Athens went from serene to shut down after gunshots were fired early yesterday.

Three shots were fired on Court Street between Washington and Union streets about 2:05 a.m., Athens police said. The shots were fired into the air during a fistfight, Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle said. No one was injured.

A pistol that police believe was the one used was found early yesterdayafter what Pyle described as an exhaustive search near Hudson Health Center, Ohio University�s campus health center, the chief said.

Two shell casings were found on Court Street, Pyle said, shortly after the sound of shots among the crowd was followed by screaming and running.

Police on horseback and on foot closed a section of Court Street for about an hour after the shooting, stopping anyone from entering that section of the block.

Ohio University police officers were searching campus buildings and stopping vehicles early yesterday. They did not tell reporters how those actions were related to what had happened.

Athens police reported making 40 arrests during the block party, including one felony drug-trafficking charge. University police arrested

24 people. Arrest figures were not available from the Ohio Department of Public Safety�s Investigative