A fight on Gun Hill Road involving at least eight people, a golf club, a knife, a stolen Sidekick cell phone and an exchange of accusations, led to the arrest of four men on Thursday, Nov. 29.
Details of the fight remain murky at best.
One of the men was taken to a hospital with blood all over his face and white T-shirt. He told police that someone had hit him in the head with a golf club when he was exiting a Gun Hill Road liquor store near Rochambeau Avenue. He was later arrested for assault.
Another participant ended up with a stab wound to his ribs, while someone else said he had been punched in the face and that his Sidekick had been stolen.
Police said the fight was between two groups from different neighborhoods – one from around 196th Street and the other from the Rochambeau-Gun Hill area – who may have had a run-in previously.
Both groups blamed each other for starting it.
Ultimately, however, it was the group from 196th Street that ended up being charged with assault.
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