Video: Brawl at Red Lobster on Mothers Day

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

COLUMBUS, GA – A mother’s day restaurant brawl in Georgia was caught on video and has gone viral.

Now two of the victims are speaking out about what happened.

Roslyn Giles reports.

(Woman) “We were walking out and … just a circle of boys just surrounded us. So all I remember saying is ‘there’s kids right here, please don’t do that’. And from then on, they just start throwing blows. A hit to the head …”

You can hear people screaming, a high chair flying, but watch it in slow motion. You can see a bunch of guys pounding on the guy in the yellow shirt. This woman, who wants to remain anonymous, says the brawl wasn’t just a chance encounter.

(Woman) “Somebody from inside Red Lobster called them to come up there and they were outside, waiting for us to come out.”

This is the bloody yellow shirt the targeted guy was wearing. He was carrying a 14-month-old child in his arms when he was approached. But when the unidentified woman’s father, a retired soldier, tried to block the blows, he and his son were also attacked.

(Man) “It was chaos and then I saw my son over there and he was bleeding from the head and he’s a mild young man and he doesn’t bother anybody and you know he have a mental issue.”

Police arrested these four suspects. They say all left the scene and were found hiding near the restaurant. They are Artez Coppins, Corey Turner, Edward Merritt and Tommie Mullins.

Police say the suspects may believe the intended target has information regarding an unsolved murder.

The toddler who was in the man’s arms was not hurt.

32.460976-84.987709

Close ModalSuggest a Correction

ncG1vNJzZmien61%2Fr7vWZ5qopV%2Bjsri%2Fjq2pnqaUnruoe9Wim56nXZe%2FosPLZpitZaKasW64zpuqrZ2iYryvecyoq6Gdoqh6pa3YaA%3D%3D