Casket gets knocked over at Bay Area funeral where massive family fight breaks out

SFgate ^ | Amy Graff | Aug. 10, 2022

[nickcarraway]

A massive brawl broke out between up to 20 family members during a funeral for an elderly woman in Richmond on Aug. 6, leading to one injury, one arrest and $20,000 in damage, officials said.

The Richmond Police Department said it responded to the Rolling Hills Memorial Park at 1:30 p.m. after several reports of a "chaotic altercation" between eight to 20 family members who were reportedly armed.

Sgt. Aaron Pomeroy said it was an instance of family drama that started between a brother and a sister who were attending their mother's funeral and who do not get along — and "it goes back many years."

The brother and sister sister were talking and got into an argument, when her boyfriend came over and encouraged her to walk away, Pomeroy said.

"The brother started beating on the boyfriend, and that's when it escalated and it became a brawl and we started to get calls," he said.

At some point during the physical fight, the brother got into the vehicle with the intention of driving over his sister, Pomeroy said.

"He attempted to drive toward his sister in an aggressive way, but instead he struck another female and sent her to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries," he said. The victim is 33 years old.

In the car, the brother also damaged the grass, knocked over and damaged headstones and vases, and broke a water main that ejected copious amounts of water and flooded the funeral plot, Lt. Matt Stonebraker, a spokesperson for the department, said.

The driver also reportedly knocked over the casket, but Stonebraker said the body didn't fall out.

When the brother got out of the car, a family member hit him in the head with a cane, injuring him, Pomeroy said.

[al baby]

Colored folk ?

[Lurkinanloomin]

Like something out of a dark comedy movie.

[PeterPrinciple]

copious amounts of water and flooded the funeral plot,

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[Lurker]

Too bad there’s no video of this. It’d be hilarious.

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[ClearCase_guy]

“A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair.”
— Magister Illyrio Mopatis

[dfwgator]

Too bad there’s no video of this. It’d be hilarious.

Just speed it up and put Yakkety Sax over it.

[Seruzawa]

No need to look, I’m sure.

[Tell It Right]

Running each other over at a funeral = repeat customers for the funeral home.

[HYPOCRACY]

No video? Worthless story.

[cgbg]

When the headline said Bay Area I knew it was Richmond...so predictable...

[Wally_Kalbacken]

What was the race of the black people who caused this ruckus?

[rightwingcrazy]

The article makes it seem more like one person who went into a fit of rage, rather than a “family brawl”.

[Seruzawa]

In the car, the brother also damaged the grass, knocked over and damaged headstones and vases, and broke a water main that ejected copious amounts of water and flooded the funeral plot, Lt. Matt Stonebraker, a spokesperson for the department, said...

Was the funeral for one of the 3 Stooges' relatives?

[Lurker]

ROFL.

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[Autonomous User]

“The driver also reportedly knocked over the casket, but Stonebraker said the body didn’t fall out.”

Would have better if she crawled out.

[Deaf Smith]

Who’s house did they gather afterwards for food and coffee?

[LIConFem]

Addicted to drama, they are.

[sport]

Mexicans, Amish?

[dfwgator]

Was the funeral for one of the 3 Stooges' relatives?

"This house has sho gone crazy!"