A fourth particular person has been busted in reference to the vicious brawl in Cincinnati that left two individuals significantly injured, as new video reveals the victims lobbing racial slurs at their attackers moments earlier than the beatdown.
Dominique Kittle, 37, was arrested round 6:20 p.m. Friday, practically per week after he allegedly pummeled a Russian girl and an unidentified man, police introduced.
Kittle was charged with felonious assault and aggravated riot. His bond was set at $150,000.
His fellow alleged sluggers Jermaine Matthews, 39; Montianez Merriweather, 34; and Dekyra Vernon, 24, have been put behind bars earlier this week.
Two others have been charged with the brutal beatdown and are being tracked down by a fugitive process pressure. Authorities mentioned they won’t launch their identities till they’re captured.
The group is accused of coordinating an “ambush” on six victims, whilst considered one of their victims lay defenseless on town avenue — igniting racial tensions and widespread concern.
“What we all witnessed in the viral video early Saturday morning was not only disturbing, but outright cruel. It was an act of violence that shook us all,” Police Chief Teresa Theetge mentioned at a information convention.
Kittle’s arrest got here down the identical day one other video surfaced of the moments earlier than the beatdown started — and reveals one of many males who police labeled a sufferer hurling racial slurs.
“Get him! Get that little n—-r!” the person mentioned within the video obtained by The Enquirer.
Two black males seem to speak to the person in an try to calm him down earlier than the chaos erupted, in accordance with the video offered by legal professional Brandon Fox, who’s representing Matthews.
The household of Merriweather additionally claims he was known as racial slurs and spat on within the lead as much as the brawl.
Police say Merriweather approached Matthews, whispered to him after which the pair slugged the person within the face. Fox, nonetheless, claims the lads don’t know each other and that Merriweather had been combating one other particular person.
“It was not a Black, racist mob attacking people,” Fox instructed the outlet. “These were separate fights that were triggered by racial slurs that ultimately poured gasoline on the fire.”
Race has been a spotlight of the vicious avenue combat, with the 4 arrested people — all black — being accused of racism in opposition to the white victims.
One of many badly overwhelmed victims was a girl named Holly, who fled again to her dwelling in Russia after she was left with a grotesque black eye, busted lip, and bruises masking her face and neck through the melee.
The viral footage confirmed what seemed to be Holly getting sucker-punched and knocked out chilly, with blood pouring from her mouth as she lay defenseless on the bottom after making an attempt to intervene within the rumble.
Cops have vowed to launch extra footage of the brawl, promising it “tells a little more of the story.”
