FARGO — Police are investigating a weekend disturbance outside the Old Broadway in downtown Fargo after a bystander's video appears to have captured a bar employee repeatedly elbowing a customer's head.
Investigators are looking into the confrontation that reportedly occurred early Sunday morning, July 11, outside the bar, restaurant and nightclub at 22 Broadway N., Fargo Police Department spokeswoman Jessica Schindeldecker said Wednesday. The 10-second video that has been viewed at least 5,000 times shows several people holding down a man on the sidewalk outside the Old Broadway.
A man with a long beard who was wearing black pants and a black and red shirt appears to be elbowing the man being held down several times. The bearded man then gets up.
Schindeldecker confirmed the man being held down was a patron of the Old Broadway, and the people holding him were bar staff. It's unclear what happened before the confrontation.
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“The investigation is ongoing to learn what happened up until and through the video that has been circulating online,” she said.
Police were not called to the incident, which reportedly happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Schindeldecker said. It was reported to police at 2:07 p.m. Monday as a “delayed disturbance,” she said.
No arrests have been made as of Wednesday, Schindeldecker said. She did not name the people involved.
Old Broadway co-owner Warren Ackley declined a Forum request for comment.
