Case of mistaken identification ends in assault, 4 arrests
REDWOOD CITY – Three males and a 17-year-old boy had been arrested final week in reference to a brawl exterior an In-N-Out Burger in Redwood Metropolis, police mentioned.
A number of assaults occurred round 9 p.m. on Oct. 6 in and across the car parking zone of the eatery, situated at 949 Veterans Blvd., the Redwood Metropolis Police Division mentioned in an announcement.
Police mentioned a pair of Redwood Metropolis males – ages 47 and 41 – confronted a gaggle of younger adults and juveniles they believed had been concerned in a strong-arm theft earlier within the week.
“This proved to be a case of mistaken identification,” police mentioned.
The lads attacked the group with a metallic pipe, police mentioned, including that the victims managed to take the pipe away and used it towards the boys, “however not per self protection.”
Each males, together with an 18-year-old Redwood Metropolis man, had been arrested and booked into San Mateo County jail on expenses of assault with a lethal weapon, youngster abuse with the opportunity of nice bodily harm and conspiracy to commit a criminal offense.
The 17-year-old boy, additionally a resident of Redwood Metropolis, was booked into Hillcrest Juvenile Corridor on comparable expenses.
Police mentioned a number of folks had been injured, a few of them significantly, however that they had all been launched from the hospital as of Tuesday.
Anybody with info associated to the case can contact the police division at 650-780-7100.
