NEW : Police : At one point , authorities received reports of at least 10 fights . A `` series of fights '' break out at the Mall of America , officials say . The fight was reported to have started after a group of people were asked to leave an area by mall security and then began fighting with each other in front of shoppers who had just entered the shopping center for The mall describes itself as the nation 's largest .
NEW : Police : At one point , authorities received reports of at least 10 fights . A `` series of fights '' break out at the Mall of America , officials say . A witness says there were `` chairs being thrown everywhere '' The mall describes itself as the nation 's largest .