ANAHEIM, Calif. — An off-duty California officer who didn’t want teenagers walking across his lawn fired his gun during a struggle with a 13-year-old boy and other youths, igniting unruly protests after video of the fight surfaced and two boys were arrested.

No one was hurt during the struggle, but hundreds of people marched through suburban Anaheim streets late Wednesday, some blocking traffic and carrying signs that said “no shooting zone.” Police arrested two dozen people, including children, after the crowd ignored orders to disperse.

Hundreds of demonstrators march toward an off-duty police officer's home in Anaheim, Calif., late Wednesday. Joshua Sudock/The Orange County Register via AP

The fight Tuesday between the off-duty Los Angeles police officer and the group of kids stemmed from ongoing issues with teenagers walking across the man’s property in Anaheim, said Police Chief Raul Quezada.

The 13-year-old believed the officer, who was not named, had cursed at a teenage girl who had walked across his lawn in the area of single-family homes, many with tidy flower beds and well-pruned trees, about 2 miles west of Disneyland.

Michael Carrillo, an attorney representing the teenage girl, said she had “grazed” the officer’s lawn when he began shouting expletives at her. Carrillo said the altercation turned physical after the boy stepped in and told the officer he shouldn’t curse at a child.

“The little kid said, ‘I’m going to sue you,’ and then the guy thought he said, ‘I’m going to shoot you.’ That’s when he started grabbing the little kid,” Gregory Perez, 16, part of a larger group of young people walking in the area, told the Orange County Register.

A video posted on YouTube showed the officer struggling with the boy, who repeatedly denied he threatened to open fire.

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