Elton John concert attack: New video shows man brutally beaten in parking lot after event, suspect arrested
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: A new video has surfaced online which shows one person getting brutally beaten up after an Elton John concert in Los Angeles last week. The victim and his wife were leaving the concert when someone hit the side-view mirror of their car. When the man got out and inquired who hit his mirror a woman reportedly approached him and claimed it was her before attempting to put her hands on him.
According to TMZ, the video showed a man in a blue shirt punching a man who is on the ground with his hands raised in the Dodger Stadium parking lot. A second assailant in a black shirt joins in and delivers a powerful punch to the victim's face, appearing to knock him out. The man in the black shirt even throws a female friend out of the way in order to get his punch in before attempting to charge a bystander and snatch his phone away. At the end of the video, the two men can be seen running away from the scene.
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Although the identities of the two attackers have not been made public, one suspect has been detained in connection with the attack. The victims also remain unidentified but have opened up about their experience with CBS LA and described the terrifying incident. The victim recalled, “Next thing I know, a big gorilla’s coming at me. This guy was wailing on me. I fought back but I don’t think I did anything.”
The victim’s wife also opened up about her extremely upsetting experience. “I felt like I was rammed and thrown and my head hit the pavement, so I blacked out. To leave my husband on the floor laying to die… if I wasn’t there if he had a brain injury and was bleeding to death, who would help him?” she remarked. “She was on the ground knocked out, I was knocked out. Nobody came to help us,” the victim then remarked.
Meanwhile, after the event, the Los Angeles Police Department issued a statement, saying, “The City of Los Angeles is home to the entertainment of many kinds. It is always tragic when acts of violence stain the public’s feeling of safety in attending such events. The Los Angeles Police Department is committed to restoring the public’s sense [of] safety and seeking justice in this instance and always.”