Global Courant 2023-05-19 08:04:45
A brawl outside Dodger Stadium involving several people left one person unconscious and authorities say none of the parties involved are cooperating with police.
The fight erupted outside the center field entrance on Tuesday after the Dodgers lost to the Minnesota Twins. A cell phone video captured several people exchanging punches shortly after 10pm as fans left the stadium.
Several people were involved in the fight was first reported by KTLA-TV Channel 5. Video shows a crowd formed around those exchanging blows.
A man in a dark shirt appeared to punch another man in a Clayton Kershaw sweater, who then fell and hit the back of his head on the ground with a loud thud. Then you see another man running to his aid and checking his head.
In the video, Dodger Stadium employees can be seen circling the scene while keeping their distance.
Johnathon Lopez, 18, witnessed the fight and said it appeared the person on the ground was unconscious. Within minutes, an LAPD officer arrived and detained a man, Lopez said. The man lying on the ground was taken away on a stretcher.
“It certainly looked like some people were excited or really drunk,” said Lopez, who attended the game with about 60 members of his family to celebrate the visit of a US Air Force cousin to his home.
Commander of the Los Angeles Police Department. Germany’s Hurtado confirmed that one man was detained and another received medical treatment.
“They didn’t want to press charges against each other,” he said.
None of the parties involved in the fight were willing to cooperate with police, according to the LAPD. The Dodgers declined to comment on the incident.
Lopez said the fight appeared to start when two men bumped into each other as they walked out of the stadium.
“It’s just really embarrassing, because it’s adults who don’t act right,” Lopez said. “The stadium should probably make some rules about not letting people drink for so short a time when it’s time to go home so they can at least get sober.”
This isn’t the first time a fight has broken out between fans after a game at Dodger Stadium.
A San Francisco Giants fan was shot to death in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium in September 2003.
In 2011, two men beat Giants fan Bryan Stow so hard that he went into a coma and suffered permanent brain damage. The Dodgers organization was found partly responsible for his injuries.
