Posted on 09/27/2017 4:16:50 PM PDT by Main Street
Suburban Illinois police are asking for witnesses to speak out after an attack at a Six Flags theme park near Chicago left a family hospitalized.
Three family members were attacked by a group of nine people one adult and eight teens Saturday night around 9 p.m. during Fright Fest, the Lake County News Sun reported.
Gurnee police officials told the newspaper the attack happened after members of the larger group apparently cut in line and were using foul language when the family exchanged words with them.
Police say the family a 51-year-old man, a 50-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The altercation began with a discussion, and then the suspects allegedly hit the 12-year-old, according to police. The father tried to pull the attacker off his son and was knocked to the ground. Then, the group, surrounded him and hit him with punches and kicks, The Lake County News Sun reported.
The wife tried to help her husband and son, and was also attacked.
It did not appear that anyone immediately came to their aid, but numerous people reached out to Six Flags employees as well as calling 911 to get them help, police told the paper.
Police arrested the nine suspects, who range in age from 15 to 18. Police are asking for any more witnesses to contact them.
We urge anyone with video information to come forward, Gurnee police officer Daniel Ruth said. Footage from the parks security cameras has been inconclusive, police told The Lake County News Sun.
We believe there were more witnesses that did not come forward, and any video would be useful to the investigation, Ruth said. We urge anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward and make a statement.
Six Flags Great America said in a statement to The Lake County News Sun:
The safety of our guests and team members is our top priority and we have zero tolerance for reckless behavior. The perpetrators were taken into custody by local authorities
. This was an isolated incident and Gurnee police along with our own security personnel responded promptly.
I think I used the term “Kneelers”, but that’s been stolen to be used as a derogatory name for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Knee Goers is more better. Use it DFW
I’ll use it too.
Ohhhhh, now I get it!
Six Flags in Maryland is in PG County. Nuff' Said.
To those who don't know: Avoid PG County at all costs. Obama's sons live there. In droves.
Haven’t been to Six Flags in decades and defiantly wouldn’t go after they took down the Confederate flag!!!
Six flags over Gurnee IL and Arlington TX with all the Knee Goers has been a no go zone for honkies for many years.
“Things won’t improve until the so-called N-word is used in normal speech again.”
The word ‘nigger’ is used in normal speech every day. Stop kowtowing to the racist scum who call you every name under the sun while saying that you can’t use this word just because you might be white or Asian.
looks like an Obama son to me!!!
Let me guess, nice white family and a pack of feral black youts...
Thanks Obama.
We need to cull the herd - cut off welfare, deport violent criminals; find some place that will take them.
I am not gonna guess.
Just tell me.
Do I have to ask?
The only thing that’s missing here is a bullet hole right between this little thug’s eyes.
The six flags in LA (Santa Clarita) had a reputation for many years. They did little to control the mobs of gangbangers. I hear that security has improved in recent years.
I Know. It does bring that to mind....doesn’t it! LOL
Amusement Parks are for civilized nations. Stop pretending you live in one.
Lemme guess?
I dub thee King Onomatopoeia.
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