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A Target shopper caught the moment four grown men attacked a boy that had to plead for mercy in the middle of the store as horrified onlookers dialled for help.
The video shows a group of four men who started assaulting the victim, seemingly out of nowhere. The group, all taller men dressed in varying colors of sweatpants, hoodies, and masks are shown raining down blows on a person that turned out to be underage. The brawl was particularly violent, with the group shoving the victim to the floor and kicking at him while he was down and struggling to get up.
As they were stomping him, the child could be heard pleading for help, yelling, “I’m 13, I’m 13! You can’t put your hands on me.”
Shocking video shows moment wild brawl breaks out at California Target store (inlandwire/Instagram)
The start of a vicious brawl in a California Target (inlandwire/Instagram)The fight took place at a store on West Lugonia Avenue on Monday night. It's unclear who started the fight or what provoked it. The victim wasn't interested in speaking with the police or filing a report, so no charges have been made against the perpetrators.
But this isn't the first brawl that this Redlands shopping plaza has seen. This one is the latest in a series of incidents at Target. The last one occurred just last week on August 10th, when a man shoplifting TVs decided to pick a fight with the cops who came to bust him.
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Daniel Berman, 34, was charged with obstruction of law enforcement officers and felony theft by shoplifting last week, after he was caught carting out television sets from the store. The man walked into the store at 5:30 in the afternoon and simply loaded a TV onto a dolly, and left. Basking in his success, he went a second time - and walked out with another LG TV.
Four men teamed up to pummel one person, video shows (inlandwire/Instagram)
Four man attacked a 13-year-old in a Target store (inlandwire/Instagram)After stealing over $1,200 worth of stuff from the store, the loss prevention manager decided to flag down the police, who positioned themselves by the front doors, knowing Berman would be back. But they weren't expecting Berman to start punching and kicking, managing to hit at least one officer as they arrested him.
“During the chase, I tackled the male in front of the location and took him to the ground,” the officer wrote in the report. Video of the arrest shows the officer body-slamming Berman, who is heard desperately screaming, “I didn’t mean it!” and “I don’t want to go to jail. I don’t want to go to f—ing jail.”
In a similar manner, another fight happened at the same plaza, this time at a Ross store. Locals told local media outlets this was becoming increasingly common.
"It does make you stop and think for a minute," said Michaela Semple, a local. "It's very sad and I just pray that everyone can stay safe," Semple said. "I do love this community though. I really do."