Orange County Fire Rescue officials confirmed to KnightNews.com Monday afternoon that two men were rushed to the hospital by ambulance following a chaotic, bloody brawl that broke out around closing time at Scoop early Monday morning.
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One of the men was transported to the nearby Florida Hospital East on Lake Underhill. The other was rushed all the way downtown to Orlando Regional Medical Center, a trauma center, presumably because his injuries were more severe.
The names of the victims have not been released, so we’re unable to find out the status of these victims at this time.
KnightNews.com has interviewed several eyewitnesses to the brawl, all of which asked we withhold their names out of fears for their own safety.
One eyewitness said a victim who was unresponsive on the floor appeared “an inch away from death.”
Other eyewitnesses said that victim had his face stomped on repeatedly during the melee.
KnightNews.com broke this story around 3:30 Monday morning, after several tipsters told us there was a serious fight at Scoop that ended with a swarm of Orange County sheriff’s deputies and ambulances in the parking lot outside the bar.
One eyewitness claimed a brawl broke out around closing time, involving around two dozen people. When the brawl was over, the two men lay unresponsive in the parking lot, he said.
Pools of blood filled the parking lot, and one man even pulled out a bat, eyewitnesses said.
The scene remained chaotic after deputies and ambulances left the scene.
KnightNews.com crews responding to the scene just after 3 a.m. were confronted by a disoriented man with a bloody face who apparently was trying to steal our cameras, phone and car.
KnightNews.com crews had to leave the scene and were not able to collect video because they did not feel safe.
Another eyewitness told KnightNews.com Monday morning that he had a similar encounter with the disoriented man with the bloody face. In his encounter, the man tried to get into his car and ask for a ride.
KnightNews.com videojournalist Julian Belyea describes his encounter in this video blog below:
