Philadelphia Wedding Brawl: Bride's Uncle Dead [Video]
A Philadelphia wedding brawl between two different weddings resulted in 1 death and three arrests. The uncle of one of the brides died from a heart attack, but was not reportedly in the fight.
Police rushed to the Sheraton Society Hill hotel Sunday when 75 to 100 guests began fighting. The fight forced police to use batons and a Taser to diffuse the situation. Allegedly, the fight began when a fight broke out within one wedding party and when a member from another wedding party got hit, both parties began throwing blows.
At one point the officers were outnumbered by the big crowd and had to call in for more enforcement officers twice. Police came from across the city to restrain guests that police say were inebriated.
As a result, a 57-year-old man, and uncle of one of the brides had a heart attack and was rushed to Jefferson Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The whole fight was caught on camera by Max Schultz who was at the hotel celebrating his 15th birthday. In the video, you can see cops hitting guests with batons and a glimpse of one of the brides who were trying to break up the heated situation.
Schultz told NBC 10, "I was up on the second floor watching. It was bedlam, out of hand."
A spokesperson from the Sheraton hotel made a statement, "We continue to cooperate with the authorities and as this is an on-going police investigation any questions should be directed to the local police department. Our sincerest condolences go out to the family for their loss."
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