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Reported by: Dave Benton / WCIA 3 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 @02:40pm CDT CHAMPAIGN - A bystander got the short end of the stick when a group of guys started fighting. It happened early Sunday morning, September 27th. In Crime Watch tonight, police need your help to find these guys. It happened at Third Street and Gregory. Police say four to seven people were seen fighting. Witnesses described them as Hispanic or Middle-Eastern and around 20-years old. All of them were around 5-feet 9-inches tall with average to muscular builds and most were wearing Ultimate Fighting Championship style graphic t-shirts. One person was seriously hurt. Patrick Simons with the Champaign Police Department says, "There was a fight and one of the bystanders was knocked down and left partially in the street and partially on the sidewalk." Witnesses say the man was stomped on and kicked by several people. He had to get stitches to his lip and chin. He was unconscious when police found him. If you have any information, call Champaign County Crimestoppers at 373-TIPS. You can also send in a text tip on your cell phone or a web tip . You don't have to give your name or testify in court and a reward is offered. |