Brawl at California Walmart caught on video
On the eve of Easter Sunday, a bloody fight broke out at a California Walmart that sent one man to the hospital with serious injuries and landed another behind bars on battery charges.
The brawl was reported at around 7.30pm at the retail location at 13401 Main Street in Hesperia and was caught on video recorded by at least two bystanders.
According to a Walmart employee, it all started with an argument between two women, which turned physical when their husbands tried to come to their wives' defense.
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A bloody fight broke out at a California Walmart on Saturday after two women got into an argument and their husbands, among them a man in a red shirt seen right, came to their defense
The man in red was said to have intervened in the argument that erupted in the women's section of the store in Hesperia
Cell phone footage recorded in the women's section of the Walmart shows a chaotic scene, with several people shouting at one another and gesticulating wildly, although it is difficult to make out from the footage what they are saying because of background noise.
At one point, a woman falls to the ground and one man strikes another man dressed in a red T-shirt and dark-colored baseball cap.
A few seconds later, a third man in a grey shirt, who police say was not part of the initial altercation, walks up to the man in red and punches him repeatedly in the face, knocking the victim unconscious.
Another man in a grey shirt, who police say was not part of the initial altercation, walks up to the man in red and punches him in the face, knocking the victim unconscious
Out cold: The man in the red shirt was found lying unconscious in pool of his own blood
The alleged assailant is pictured being led away from the scene by a woman who was seen shouting during the initial argument
A woman dressed in a striped tank top and shirt is then seen dragging the alleged assailant in grey from the scene.
Brawler charged: Dahsean Antwan Wages, 24, seen in the video dressed in a gray shirt punching the man in the red shirt, was charged with battery with serious injuries
The man in the red shirt was found lying unconscious in pool of his own blood and was later taken to Desert Valley Medical Center with significant injuries to his upper body. He was not named.
An 11-year-old girl also somehow got caught in the fracas and had the wind knocked out of her, according to her grandparent, reported Victor Valley News.
A hazmat team was later called in to mop up the blood and vomit from the women’s section.
San Bernardino Sheriff's deputies who were summoned to the store reviewed surveillance video and were able to track down the man in the grey T-shirt who was believed to have thrown the devastating punch, reported ABC7.
The suspect, identified as 24-year-old Dahsean Antwan Wages, was charged with battery with serious injuries and booked into the High Desert Detention Center on $100,000 bail pending his arraignment, which is scheduled for Tuesday, reported Victor Valley News.
Bloody aftermath: A photo taken inside the Walmart after the melee shows crime scene tape and what appears to be blood on the floor in the women's section
Graphic: A hazmat team had to come in to mop up the blood and vomit after the fight
A strand of black hair is seen on the floor of the women's section at the Hesperia Walmart after the violent altercation
On Monday, Wages' mother confirmed in a Facebook post that her son was involved in the Walmart fight and asked friends and family to keep him in their prayers.
Police are still searching for the second male suspect involved in the initial confrontation, who has not been identified.