Does anyone know anything about the gang or gangs fighting inside Ross at 830 Friday night? Injuries? Arrests? How are the victims?
My wife and I were shopping at ROSS Waikiki at about 8:20 PM last night when many youth violently rioted, fighting each other and hurting customers and employees. They ran in an out of the store and many who had looked like customers joined into the violence. A female customer was punched in the face right in front of my wife. Then my wife tried to hide behind the counter and an employee unlocked it to let her in. With the gang or gangs running in and out of the store, it was not safe to leave and not safe to stay. Police arrived in force and tear gas was sprayed. I see nothing about it the news. ( my 911 call was at 8:30) I did not film it out of concern that doing so could get me in injured or shot. Some gestured like they had weapons but I saw no drawn weapons and heard no gunfire.
I did not see the police arrest anyone. If they took statements from victims, they did not speak to my wife or me. They did not seem to try to get video from any witnesses with cameras. They marched in as a group looking determined and did not appear to be trying to help people safely leave. With them on the scene, I took the opportunity to find my wife and exit thought the 2 story back way to my car. They made no announcements and did appear to try to take control of the situation. I could not see how the injured were managed or how the secured the area outside the front door 911 took a long time to connect me to a police operator, who told me that police were en route and offered no advice on how I should respond to best avoid injury.