SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Following a chaotic annual party Saturday with Slippery Rock University students at the Heights apartment complex, local officials are hoping to curb future events.

“My intention is to follow up on this and try and do what we can as a township to stop this or keep it under control,” said Paul Dickey, chairman of the township supervisors.

State police made nearly a dozen arrests, mostly for drunken driving and public drunkenness, at the event “Pig Roast 2K15,” which brought in an estimated 3,000 guests. The party eventually was shut down by police.

Fifteen state troopers from Butler, Franklin and Mercer responded to the scene.

Several calls to a state police spokesman in Butler for comment were not returned.

Among the many incidents, an empty car parked on a hill outside the apartment complex apparently slipped out of gear and hit two women who were walking by.

Shortly after that, two men attending the party got into an argument that turned violent at a basketball court. Police said Kyle A. Montgomery, 19, of New Castle hit the other man — 19-year-old Nicholas Dahlstrom of Seven Fields — on the head with a beer bottle. Montgomery was arraigned on a felony charge of aggravated assault, a misdemeanor charge of simple assault and summary charges of harassment, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and underage drinking.

Police arrested eight motorists, “coming and going” to the event, for drunken or drugged driving. This includes Marquelle D. Parks, 19, of Erie, who was arrested with 15 individually packaged bags containing a combined 28 grams of suspected marijuana. Police also wrote several citations for underage drinking and public intoxications, and there were other reports of thefts, fights and a burglary.

The event, which is not affiliated with SRU, has grown in popularity among students and out-of-towners over the years. The gathering marks the pending end of the academic year.

Dickey said the township is working to get information about the incident. He said he is working to get in touch with the township solicitor and the property’s management to keep future events under control.

He said that he has been aware of parties and some minor incidents at the complex in the past.

“Certainly nothing of this magnitude,” Dickey said.

The complex, which opened in 2008, is on Route 173 in Slippery Rock Township. The other side of the road is in Slippery Rock Borough.

Borough Mayor Ron Fodor said the chaos affected the borough as well as the township. He was out in the community Saturday night and said students and others flooded the town.

“They were just everywhere,” Fodor said. “It was just overwhelming.”

He said emergency responders told him that they responded to an unusual number of calls that evening. Fodor said he could not recall a recent incident of that magnitude.

The mayor said that borough council probably should discuss what the borough can do to handle future situations like this.

“Hopefully, we can be prepared for next year too,” Fodor said.

SRU spokeswoman Rita Abent said the university is sorry the incident occurred.

“We’re glad that there weren’t any more serious injuries than there were,” Abent said.

She noted the event took place off-campus, and said she hopes landlords take a serious look at whether they want to hold parties like this on their properties in the future.

Abent said that SRU police were not called to respond to the incident, and said police did not report any incidents on campus at the same time as the party.

Beer cans, plastic cups and broken beer bottles were still strewn about The Heights apartment complex on Monday afternoon, reminders of the raucous college party that occurred there over the weekend.

One area of the apartment complex with a volleyball court had empty beer cases, upturned tables and dozens of beer cans on the ground. A large green and white tent stood in an open field within walking distance to the apartments. Broken glass was still in some parts of the parking lot.

A few apartments had filled garbage bags, tied neatly and sitting next to front doors.

One young man who answered the door but refused to give his name said the weekend party was fun. A group of friends roared with laughter behind him.

Others living at The Heights declined to be interviewed or did not answer the door.

Connie Newberry, property manager for The Heights, did not return a call for comment.

Eagle staff writers Kate Malongowski and John Bojarski contributed to this report.