5 charged in horrifying viral Cincinnati brawl that left woman knocked out cold

Five people have been charged over a vicious beatdown on a Cincinnati street after footage of the wild brawl went viral.

The suspects’ names were not released, and Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge declined to specify the charges – but cautioned more arrests were expected.

“We have five we have charged, and anticipate more,” Theetge told reporters Monday, two days after the 3 a.m. Saturday incident which she referred to as a “fight.”

That “fight” consisted of an unruly crowd stomping on the head of a man cowering on downtown street, while a woman was cold-cocked and knocked out cold with blood pouring from her mouth after she tried to intervene.

Theetge, however, tried to downplay the brawl, saying “outside of this one incident, an amazing success for this city” while explaining that a baseball game and music festival happening in Cincinnati that night both went off without a hitch.

But she also chastised Ohioans who saw the fight – saying upwards of 100 people were either involved or watching, but that only a single person called 9-11.

The chief also admonished the press, accusing reports of playing video of the incident that only showed “one version of what occurred” – though she did not elaborate on what she meant by that.

Exactly what sparked the fight remains unclear.

Footage of the brawl spread rapidly online over the weekend, with Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk even weighing in and calling for arrests.

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