4 Arrested After Brawl Outside Redwood City In-N-Out

REDWOOD CITY, CA — Four people were arrested Friday night after a confrontation erupted into a brawl outside a Redwood City In-N-Out, according to police.

Officials said multiple assaults were reported in the restaurant parking lot on Veterans Boulevard around 9 p.m. Officers learned a confrontation began when two men armed with a metal pipe approached a group of young people, incorrectly believing they had been involved in a strong-arm robbery earlier in the week.

Police said the men attacked multiple people with the pipe before the other group wrestled it away and used it on them. However, police said the retaliation was "not consistent with self-defense."

Multiple people in both groups were injured, some seriously, but all had been released from the hospital by Tuesday, police said. Three adults and one juvenile were arrested, ranging in age from 17 to 47. All four suspects were from Redwood City.

Officials said the three adults were booked into the San Mateo County Jail, with the juvenile booked at the Youth Services Center. The charges include allegations of felony assault with a deadly weapon, felony conspiracy, and felony child abuse with the possibility of great bodily injury.

Anyone with information on the case can contact police at 650-780-7100, or via the tip line at 650-780-7110.