MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – A weekend brawl involving multiple people along the riverfront in Montgomery has made headlines across the nation, but details on pending arrests in the case remain unclear as of Monday morning. The incident was captured on video from multiple angles.
Speaking Monday, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed said the Montgomery Police Department was preparing to hold a news conference on the matter at some point Tuesday.
MPD confirmed four active warrants Sunday afternoon with the possibility that more could follow pending review of additional video recordings. Investigators are combing through multiple videos provided by the public, as well as the City of Montgomery’s own video surveillance systems.
MPD said the incident started shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday on the dock along the Alabama River. Units responded to the 200 block of Coosa Street regarding a disturbance. On scene, officers encountered a large group of people engaged in a physical altercation.
One video shared with WSFA 12 News by a viewer, which runs approximately four minutes and 30 seconds, shows the moments leading up to the confrontation and the initial scuffle that quickly escalated.
A passenger on the Harriott II Riverboat was recording when a confrontation turned into a fight involving multiple people.
The viewer, narrating what she was watching while aboard the riverboat, said an unnamed person in a white shirt, whom she said was part of the boat’s crew, got off the riverboat and went to move a pontoon boat that was blocking the city-owned Harriott II’s ability to dock.
As the crewmember appears to untie the pontoon boat’s rope, a man runs up to confront him. While it’s unknown exactly what was being said between the two, body language clearly indicated an escalation before others also ran to the boat to confront the crewmember.
Approximately three minutes after the confrontation began, an unidentified man ran up and shoved the crewmember, at which point the physical altercation between multiple people began.
Other videos showed people being punched, shoved, kicked and at least one person was knocked off the pier and into the water.
A WSFA 12 News crew responded to the scene and found multiple police units who had placed several people in handcuffs. MPD said the unidentified people were detained and that charges were pending.
Reed released a statement Sunday afternoon:
MPD is asking anyone with additional video footage to submit it to Starcenter@montgomeryal.gov.
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