Wild Ohio wedding brawl leaves guests injured as man allegedly threatens crowd with butter knife
A long-running feud between two families boiled over at an Ohio wedding, triggering a sprawling brawl that left guests injured, drew police from several departments and ended with three men under arrest.FOX 8 in Cleveland reported that Ali Wahdan, 47, Raed Mahmoud Sulaiman, 46, and Abdallah Wahdan, 48, were arrested following the Aug.21 fight at the La Centre Banquet Facility in Westlake.Sulaiman, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was charged with assault, inducing panic and tampering with evidence after police accused him of threatening guests with a butter knife and tossing it aside as officers arrived.BRING THE BEAR SPRAY TO THE WEDDING — YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU NEED TO USE IT ON A FAMILY MEMBERWahdan was charged with violating a temporary protection order, while Abdallah Wahdan, of Westlake, was charged with aggravated menacing for allegedly threatening other guests.Surveillance footage shows a fight outside the La Centre Banquet Facility in Westlake, Ohio, where police said longstanding tensions between two families boiled over during a wedding celebration.
(Westlake Police Department)Fox News Digital obtained 911 calls, body-camera footage and other video showing how the fight unfolded, beginning inside the banquet hall before spilling into the parking lot.NORTH CHARLESTON OFFICER ATTACKED BY CROWD IN VIRAL VIDEO AFTER GUNFIRE ERUPTS AT BLOCK PARTY"There’s a fight at our venue," the banquet hall’s general manager told a 911 operator, describing "a bunch of people" fighting inside and outside."Someone’s bleeding," he added, telling the operator that one man with a head injury was in a bathroom as the fight continued.Body-camera footage shows a wedding guest speaking with police outside the La Centre Banquet Facility in Westlake, Ohio, after a brawl broke out during an Aug.21 wedding celebration.
(Westlake Police Department)STAMPEDE ERUPTS AT SOUTH CAROLINA BIKER FESTIVAL, 19 INJURED IN LATE-NIGHT CHAOSWhen asked what was behind the brawl, the manager sai...