Overview

• The fight began at 1683 Sports Bar & Grille in West Islip around 3 p.m. and continued 30 minutes later at a Phillips 66 station in Lindenhurst with roughly 20 people involved.
• Five men were hospitalized, including four with stab wounds and one with blunt-force injuries, according to Suffolk County police.
• Seven participants received desk appearance tickets on second-degree riot charges as detectives continue the investigation.
• Some earlier accounts cited three men taken into custody on rioting charges, highlighting discrepancies in initial charging details.
• Officials said the participants were two groups of motorcyclists and not part of a club or gang, and authorities have not released any names.