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One death reported after fight between America fans


After the match against Philadelphia Union, a group of America fans beat another to death according to police reports.

Four America fans are wanted after allegedly having murdered a person in a restaurant, Philadelphia authorities announced, detailing that the men were wearing the azulcrema team shirt.

The media and the state police echoed the news of the event that occurred during the early hours of Thursday at the Cheesesteak Pat’s King of Steaks restaurant, where ISidro Cortez, 28, died of the blows he received.

Isidro and his two companions attended the game of the Eagles against the Philadelphia Union, a match corresponding to the second leg of the Concacaf Champions League and where the Mexican team was victorious and reached the final to be played against Monterrey.

Cortez’s 64-year-old father and 28-year-old friend suffered minor injuries and were treated at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. According to police, the victims were apparently at the Philadelphia Union soccer game in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night, where the Union lost to Club America in Mexico City, “the media reported. 6abc.

The 28-year-old fan “was declared dead at the scene”, while the four suspects fled the scene aboard a van.

The owner of the place, Frank Olivieri assured that everything seen “was chaos. I’m never going to get this vision that I saw on videotape out of my mind. “

The assailants entered the scene with the victims and according to the local police, the deceased fan was beaten with their fists and also with a metal lid from a trash can.

“Inside Pat’s, a manager heard the sounds of a fight, Olivieri said, and ran from the food window to see what was going on along the side of the building. The manager called the police and yelled at the aggressor group, which stopped the fight, said Olivieri, “he posted. The Philadelphia Inquirirer.

“The owner said the culprits left behind a cell phone, beer cans from which DNA could be recovered, and other personal items. Olivieri said he also has about 40 HD-quality surveillance cameras around the store that captured everything, “he added. The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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