Overview

• On July 26 at West Fourth and Elm Streets, a mob repeatedly punched, kicked, and stomped a man and a woman until both lay unconscious in footage that went viral.
• Chief Teresa Theetge condemned the violence as “nothing short of cruel and absolutely unacceptable” and emphasized it stemmed from a sudden verbal dispute, not the Cincinnati Music Festival.
• Authorities have filed charges against five individuals and say they expect more arrests as investigators match faces in video and camera footage.
• Law enforcement and the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police criticized bystanders for filming the attack instead of calling 911 or rendering aid to the victims.
• Police are scouring downtown surveillance and cellphone videos and urging witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers to help identify all involved, though racial motive claims remain unverified.