'This is San Clemente, Marines are always welcome here, always going to be celebrated, always taken care of, and that is why this is so particularly tragic,' he said. San Clemente Mayor Chris Duncan described the Memorial Day weekend attack as 'tragic.' 'So regardless if the victims choose prosecution or choose medical attention, the sheriff's department is going to investigate this to the fullest and try to determine who the suspects are.' 'The weapons that were used were their feet while these victims were on the ground,' he explained. The suspects may be charged with assault with a deadly weapon 'because of the amount of suspects we are investigating,' Sheriff Sgt. 'It wasn't cool at all.'Īrrests have yet to be made in the brutal attack as Orange County Sheriff's deputies continue their investigation. 'My face still has blood on it,' he said. The vicious attack began outside the Pier Bowl as the Marines dressed in their civilian clothes began walking up the stepsĪntonino fears he may have also sustained a concussion in the aftermath. 'They were lighting off fireworks, they were being belligerent and obnoxious and annoying other people, so I went up to them and told them to stop,' he recounted.īut the group followed him back to the pier, at which point Antonio said he and his friend warned the teenagers that they were Marines 'so they would leave, but they didn't.' It remains unclear what transpired prior to the video, but Antonino, told KCAL that the he'd politely asked the teens to settle down. The brawl only came to an end after two passersby, an unknown man and woman, intervened and yelled at the children: 'Stop, what are you doing?' Within seconds the group circled around the two Marines yelling 'Get that f***er' and 'f*** that f***er up,' even using the N-word at one point.Īs the cameraman moved closer to the unfolding scene, two of the victims were seen curled up on the ground as the group continued to strike them with vicious kicks. The Marine is then seen turning around and charging at the assailant, which led to an all-out brawl - as the teen's friends all jumped in to take swings and kick him. In the roughly minute-long video posted to Facebook, the Marines in their civilian clothes were seen trying to walk up the steps outside the Pier Bowl as a group of teenagers shouted at them.Īs they approached the stairs, a male teen was seen brutally punching the back of one of the Marine's heads.
There are believed to have been as many as 40 teenagers involved in the assault, but the Marines suffered only minor injuries Police are investigating the horrific attack and the unknown teens could all soon face charges of assault with a deadly weapon for the beat down. The men sustained minor injuries, and refused to be transported to a local hospital in the aftermath, Orange County Sheriff's deputies say. A third Marine was also attacked but not shown in the footage. Hunter Antonino had been quietly enjoying time away from Camp Pendleton Marine Corp Base with two others when the savage altercation unfolded at San Clemente.Īntonino said the confrontation started when he told the teenagers to stop lighting fireworks after debris from the explosive devices struck him in the face.įrightening video posted online showed two victims curled up in the fetal position on the ground as the crowd continued to kick them, hurling profanities and racial slurs. A man who was brutally beaten over Memorial Day weekend by a mob of up to 40 teens at a California beach said 'they kept going' - even after he'd identified as a Marine.
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