One man sent to hospital after fight on Church Street in Ann Arbor
One man was sent to the hospital after three men punched and kicked him during a fight on Church Street early Sunday, according to police.
Ann Arbor police Lt. Renee Bush said a 21-year-old Southfield man was taken to the University of Michigan Hospital after being assaulted at 2:20 a.m. Sunday in the 600 block of Church Street.
Bush said the man left a bar in the area and witnesses told police he was talking with a woman who he had met inside. A man in an orange polo shirt then approached the 21-year-old and punched him, Bush said.
Witnesses told police that a man in a black tank top also punched the man, causing him to fall to the ground. The man in the black tank top, the man in the orange polo and a third man began kicking the Southfield man when he was on the ground, she said.
Officers who were on foot patrol in the 1100 block of South University Avenue responded to the fight after seeing a man run south on Church Street screaming, “Fight,” according to Bush. A large crowd had gathered in the middle of Church Street and officers observed the man in the orange polo holding his hands up in the air, Bush said.
The crowd scattered and the three men suspected in the assault fled the area, according to Bush. Huron Valley Ambulance responded and transported the Southfield man to the hospital, where he was treated for his injuries, Bush said. Officers had found him unconscious but breathing while he was on the ground on Church Street.
Police are still searching for the three men who are suspected in the assault. Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to call the Ann Arbor police anonymous tip line at 734-794-6939.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
A2comments
Tue, May 22, 2012 : 11:07 a.m.
"Officers who were on foot patrol in the 1100 block of South University Avenue" Can't be. Foot patrol in Ann Arbor?
Ron Granger
Mon, May 21, 2012 : 7:52 p.m.
Check the credit card receipts from around that time at the bar and use the drivers license photos to produce a photo lineup?
nowayjose
Tue, May 22, 2012 : 2:54 p.m.
Where are you getting his driver license photo? And most credit card receipts don't print a persons name so a search warrant would be required to obtain the persons information because all you will have is a credit card number if you are able to get that from a bar tender or server who remembers the individual out of everyone else in the bar that night
Ron Granger
Mon, May 21, 2012 : 10:39 p.m.
And you should try reading the story before replying. It clearly reported that the conflict began inside a specific bar. The time of the concflict narrows the receipt window significantly. It would be trivial to show the man's photo to the bartender and ask if he remembered him, or the woman. Businesses will often be happy to help in such situations, no warrant required.
nowayjose
Mon, May 21, 2012 : 8:32 p.m.
Laughable. First you would need a search warrant for every bar and restaurant. Not sure where your probable cause is gathering every credit card for every bar and restaurant unless you knew what bar he was at and which credit card was used by him. Stick to watching cop shows
Dog Guy
Mon, May 21, 2012 : 6:01 p.m.
Fight? It is described as a gang assault.
Madeleine Borthwick
Sun, Jun 3, 2012 : 9:35 p.m.
yep, Dog Guy, I used to work in this neighborhood and I saw it happen a lot....a bunch of cowards beating up on one person, think they're so baaaaaad, then the cops show up and they scatter in all directions. TYPICAL.
jooceefroot
Sun, May 27, 2012 : 1:12 p.m.
that would be racist
Bertha Venation
Mon, May 21, 2012 : 5:01 p.m.
Nothing good happens after midnight (unless you're home where you belong).
Michigan Reader
Tue, May 22, 2012 : 1:26 a.m.
How about the intervention of the cops? That's good, and it happens all the time in the early morning hours.