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Cincinnati – Cincinnati residents say viral July 26 downtown beetdown captures the nation, does not define their city, although some say that violent crime is an issue.
“I don’t think it’s accurate,” Josh Pels, a downtown bartender, told Fox News Digital. “I would say that crime and violent crime have increased, I would say, to ensure during the last six months. [The Over-the-Rhine area] Usually it is worse that we have a downward here, but certainly violent crime has increased. ,
In the video, a group of people can be seen puming two victims, one of which ended with “very poor brain trauma”. The incident occurred on the morning of 26 July and outside a popular nightclub on the corner of Elm Street.
The Cincinnati beetdown victim, known only as Holi, said that she faced brain trauma during the fight. ,
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Another angle of the fight shows a victim beating and screaming racially slarses in the middle of the road. Some people claim that the male victim slapped one of the criminals before the fight, bouncing the Beetdown.
Cincinnati police chief Teresa Thehete said in a press conference on Friday that there are six victims. Six people have been accused of crimes, and four have been arrested. The city’s fugitive task force is searching for two suspects who are still on a large scale.
Kori Michel is also a resident of Cincinnati. He said that there is usually no problem of dispute in the city.
“So it was just an action-reaction type,” he said. “This is not a big deal. They can put it in the news and it may seem whether it is a precedent place or something. But it is just an action and a reaction that happened, and disagreement. It was about it.”
Kori Michel is a Cincinnati resident who states that viral beetdown does not represent the city. (Julia Bonvita/Fox News Digital)
Robert Brown, a lifetime resident, agreed. He said Cincinnati has “probably less quarrels than other cities,” and social media extended beating to a level that made the city in the headlines.
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He also said that during the cruel, the victim said that he slapped a person in the crowd and killed the beatdown, he should have expected the results.
“Okay, I mean … after smack all the extra accessories were not actually warrant,” he said, the criminals said “it may have taken it far away.”
Robert Brown, a resident of Cincinnati, told Fox News Digital that there are similar fights in Cincinnati in every city. (Julia Bonvita/Fox News Digital)
Brown said, “At the same time, he should not have given him a smack.
A fourth resident described his immediate response after seeing the fight.
Sherly Blair said, “I was shocked by what I saw.” “I was busy surfing through the Internet, calling, trying to find out that there is a backstory behind it. And obviously there were other things that happened to him.”
Blair said that he hoped that the dispute is not even more serious.
“And I am surprised behind my mind, okay, what’s going to happen next? Can we sit and talk about the situation? Is it something else in spring?”
The corner of the fourth and Elm Street, a local night club, where beaten, as seen on 28 July 2025 in Cincinnati. (Fox News Digital)
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Local police and Federal Investigation Bureau of Investigation are still sorting all the work leading to the fight.
In a Friday press conference, Mayor Aftab Purewal warned that everyone would be seen fighting, “There will be further investigation, further allegations and arrests for each person involved.”
Montinez Merryweather, 34, and 24 -year -old Dakeira Vernon were arrested on Tuesday night. Both face allegations of hooliganism, riot and attack. Merryweather is being held on a $ 500,000 bond, while Vernon is being held on a $ 200,000 bond. They stay in jail till Monday morning.
Montiyanz Merriweather and Dakeira Vernon have been arrested in connection with a fight in Cincinnati which attracted national attention over the weekends. (Hamilton County Sheriff Office)
The 39 -year -old German Matthews was released from Hamilton County Jail on Friday after paying a $ 270,000 bond. He was killed with five allegations arising from the Beetdown, extended the riots for two cases of the attack, two cases of hooliganism and his alleged involvement in a brutal dispute.
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A fourth suspect was arrested on Friday night.
Dominic Kite faced allegations of riot and rape attack. He is being held on a $ 150,000 bond. His lawyer said that he is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
Fox News’ Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
