at 6:43 p.m., a white truck driver, larry tarvin, driving down florence, stopped at a red light at normandie in a large white delivery truck. he was pulled from the truck by a group of men including henry watson, who proceeded to kick and beat him, before striking him unconscious with a fire extinguisher taken from his own vehicle. he lay unconscious for more than a minute as his truck was looted, before getting up and staggering back to his vehicle. with the help of an unknown african-american, tarvin drove his truck out of further harm's way. just before he did so, another truck, driven by reginald denny, entered the intersection.