Four people were arrested following a 30-person brawl at the Walmart in Gates Sunday night.
According to Gates Police Chief Jim VanBrederode, officers responded around 7 p.m. to the store at 2150 Chili Ave. for a fight inside the store.
VanBrederode said the fight started after two 17-year-olds, one from Chili and the other from Gates, made fun of a dress worn by a 24-year-old. "They were verbally harassing her," VanBrederode said.
The incident escalated quickly and erupted into "a big melee," VanBrederode said. He said both the victim and the suspects had big families there. The groups grabbed items off the shelves to use in the brawl.
In the middle of the brawl, Nykia Brooks, 17, of Chili, allegedly threw a can of food at a 52-year-old man and struck him in the head, causing bleeding.
VanBrederode said people went into the sporting goods section of the store and got baseball bats to use in the fight. Officers recovered the bats before they could be used to hurt anyone. Extra police were called into deal with the situation.
Brooks is charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and second-degree harassment and disorderly conduct, both violations. She was remanded to the Monroe County Jail on $4,000 cash bail.
She is due back in Gates Town Court at 5:30 p.m. July 14.
Three others were charged with disorderly conduct and issued appearance tickets. One man who was arrested also has an outstanding shoplifting warrant from the Gates Walmart last December.
Surveillance footage is being reviewed and further arrests are pending, VanBrederode said.
It was the second violent incident that day at the Gates Walmart. Around 3 p.m. in the parking lot, a man was stabbed in the neck.
David A. Morris, 41, of Rochester was charged with second-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies, following the altercation.
According to Gates Police Chief Jim VanBrederode, officers responded around 7 p.m. to the store at 2150 Chili Ave. for a fight inside the store.
VanBrederode said the fight started after two 17-year-olds, one from Chili and the other from Gates, made fun of a dress worn by a 24-year-old. "They were verbally harassing her," VanBrederode said.
The incident escalated quickly and erupted into "a big melee," VanBrederode said. He said both the victim and the suspects had big families there. The groups grabbed items off the shelves to use in the brawl.
In the middle of the brawl, Nykia Brooks, 17, of Chili, allegedly threw a can of food at a 52-year-old man and struck him in the head, causing bleeding.
VanBrederode said people went into the sporting goods section of the store and got baseball bats to use in the fight. Officers recovered the bats before they could be used to hurt anyone. Extra police were called into deal with the situation.
Brooks is charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and second-degree harassment and disorderly conduct, both violations. She was remanded to the Monroe County Jail on $4,000 cash bail.
She is due back in Gates Town Court at 5:30 p.m. July 14.
Three others were charged with disorderly conduct and issued appearance tickets. One man who was arrested also has an outstanding shoplifting warrant from the Gates Walmart last December.
Surveillance footage is being reviewed and further arrests are pending, VanBrederode said.
It was the second violent incident that day at the Gates Walmart. Around 3 p.m. in the parking lot, a man was stabbed in the neck.
David A. Morris, 41, of Rochester was charged with second-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies, following the altercation.
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