“Things were said that can never be taken back,” said a shocked witness who watched the fight unfold. Pacholec said he cannot recall his department being summoned to the country club or other wedding reception venues in Orchard Park for trouble at past wedding receptions. We don’t know if it’s that or a family feud issue but we don’t know what the issue was.” 
 
 Investigators met with the country club management Monday morning. Police were called at 10:18 p.m. regarding a member of the wedding party who was accused of touching a woman inappropriately and wound up getting punched in the face. Orchard Park police reported that shortly after 11 p.m., police received multiple 911 calls regarding a large fight at the club. When they responded, officers encountered “a large crowd inside and outside of the venue where the fighting was still ongoing.” Damage was reported throughout the building. Because of the large scale nature of the brawl, Fitzgerald said, additional police assistance was requested, and officers from the Town of Hamburg, Town of West Seneca, Village of East Aurora, Town of Cheektowaga, Erie County Sheriff’s Office and State Police responded and assisted the Orchard Park police in breaking up the fights, treating the injured and removing people from the club.  ORCHARD PARK (WIVB) – What started out as a celebration of two people starting their lives together ended with police pulling their family members apart. It could be an emotional issue.” 
 
 The guest who suffered a head injury and was taken to Erie County Medical Center received “a couple stitches,” according to Pacholec, who believes the individual was later released from the hospital. He was taken to ECMC while police say others refused medical treatment. A manager at the Orchard Park Country Club, who declined to give his name, said Sunday afternoon that no incident of any kind occurred the night before and that no police were called. “Our first officer arrived and then our lieutenant showed up,” the chief said. Fitzgerald said damage included holes in walls, blood, broken crystal bowls and glasses and damage to property in the main banquet area, hallways and basement. There was over 100 people there from what my officer described,” said Pacholec. The witness also said he was shocked that he didn’t see police inside the banquet room until about half an hour after the fighting started. He added that much of the physical fighting was quelled within the first 15 minutes of officers’ arrival, though verbal exchanges among intoxicated guests continued as police tried to usher people home. You can go from zero to 60 in no time flat.” 
 
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– The way you don't expect a wedding reception to be described: "I'm telling you, there was blood everywhere. There was holes punched in the walls." But that's exactly what transpired at a Saturday reception outside Buffalo, NY, according to an unidentified worker at the Orchard Park Country Club. The Buffalo News reports that seven police agencies were called to the scene after a massive fight broke out just after 11pm, as the reception ended and guests were readying to go home. "Things were said that can never be taken back," says one witness; the paper reports that family members were yelling of their hatred for each other. The worker says about 200 people attended the reception, and WIVB reports that an arriving officer saw at least 100 people fighting. The bride and groom reportedly weren't among them: She was taken to a back patio, while her new husband stayed inside and attempted to get his guests to exit. One man received stitches for a head injury, and a few others were treated on the scene. No arrests were made, and while the State Liquor Authority has opened an investigation into what transpired, police tell the News that criminal charges are unlikely. As for what caused the fracas, the police chief doesn't seem to know: "It could be someone was touched inappropriately. It could be a family issue. It could be an emotional issue." And someone actually was touched inappropriately, allegedly by a member of the wedding party who was then punched; police were previously called at 10:18pm to deal with that. (This fight seems small compared to one that happened this summer at a NJ wedding.)