Overview

• A newly surfaced video appears to show a third individual being attacked at Elm and Fourth Streets, broadening the scope of the police investigation.
• At least two people were beaten unconscious during the chaotic assault, which bystander recordings show involved repeated punches, kicks and stomps.
• Chief Terri Theetge denounced the ‘cruel and absolutely unacceptable’ violence as stemming from a verbal dispute and unrelated to the Music Festival.
• Fraternal Order of Police President Ken Kober criticized both the assailants and bystanders who recorded the attack instead of intervening and expressed confidence in upcoming arrests.
• Officials are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers and have emphasized that racial motives have not been confirmed.