Crime & Safety
1 Arrested After Couple Attacked At Elton John Concert In LA: Report
Assailants were caught on video kicking and beating a man until he was unconscious after a "fender bender" at Dodger Stadium.
LOS ANGELES, CA — One person was arrested after an older married couple were attacked as they were leaving an Elton John concert in Los Angeles, KTLA reported.
A verbal fight began out moments after a "fender bender" collision in the parking lot and ended with two assailants kicking and beating a man until he was unconscious in the Dodger Stadium parking lot, police told KTLA.
The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately respond to Patch for comment.
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Police over the weekend were asking for the public's help to identify the assailants, who were caught attacking the couple on video.
The attack was reported around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, after a "fender bender" in the parking lot, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Mike Lopez told City News Service. Details about the crash were not available.
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A married couple who had attended the concert, were involved in a collision. After they exited a vehicle an argument quickly escalated into a fight, Lopez said. One woman hit another woman, and a man struck another man, authorities said.
Video in the immediate aftermath of the attack shows a man lying motionless on the ground, still being assaulted — possibly by multiple assailants — even as others attempted to stop the fight. The man's wife is seen being pulled by the hair as she attempts to get to her husband.
"Everyone was gone when police got there," Lopez said. Officers met the victims at a hospital, where they were being given medical treatment, and took a report alleging battery.
Website TMZ posted video capturing some of the violence and reported that the victims were both in their 60s.
A woman claiming to be the victims' daughter -- and a nurse -- posted Friday on Instagram that her father remained hospitalized with fractures and head injuries but that both parents "were left unconscious on the ground." She claimed four men and two women attacked the couple and that neither bystanders nor security officers made any attempt to stop them.
Anyone with information was urged to contact the Los Angeles Police Department at 877-527-3247 or anonymously at Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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