<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 14-year-old boy has been injured in a fight that erupted as families celebrated Halloween on a residential street in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne's"><span>Melbourne's</span></a><span> west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services were called to Avonwood Avenue in Wyndham Vale about 6.15pm yesterday following reports a boy had been injured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CCTV footage from the residential street shows two boys sprinting away from a group of armed offenders before one of them is kicked and another is punched.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/medicare-bulk-billing-changes-australia-november-explained/0d3f161a-0dec-4861-aff4-7f440fb43984" target="" title="Trips to the doctor just got cheaper thanks to $7.9 billion overhaul"><strong><span>Trips to the doctor just got cheaper thanks to $7.9 billion overhaul</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police allege the group, one armed with a kitchen knife, approached the victim before he was assaulted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group of five fled on foot before emergency services arrived.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 14-year-old was treated at the scene for a minor injury.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/wydnham-vale-stabbing-melbourne-teen-injured-in-street-fight-as-families-celebrate-halloween/30c2cec7-5a0f-4c00-bd01-34bc34e970ac" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Residents say the boy's friend jumped into backyards to hide and pleaded with them for help.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The horrifying violence shocked families who were celebrating Halloween on the quiet residential street.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was really scary, we were out trick or treating and there was lots of helicopters," a young witness said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I called my dad and I said 'there's lots of police in front of our house'."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The girl's father said he didn't expected a knife fight to occur in the area.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We send them [trick-or-treating] alone," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is a very quiet street. Good neighbours."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say they are treating the incident as a targeted attack and said those involved are known to each other.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At this stage no arrests have been made.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>