He may have started physical nature of argument or he just took first swing against the group following him in “hot putsuit” especially if group was aggressive and threatening him beforehand or surrounding him. There is also what happened with the entire group rushing him and knocking him to the ground which seems likely to be more related to the injury to the back of his head. It may have just involved defending friend by knocking down the guy when injury occurred or the group may have gone past that. Two friends were injured as well when beaten by group, so more happened than 2 swings and then a group knock down.

Biggest thing is that the person and group don’t appear to have waited around just to ambush the guy when he left. It’s more about if the guy and his group went overboard or not in more of a bar fight situation. The ambush scenario seemed more clear cut that a crime occurred, but what happened with group rushing him or between group & his 2 friends is not as clear cut and why nothing has been said one way or the other to date.

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Devin Repath walked backward out of Fred's Bar on March 23, with several people in "hot pursuit," a police report obtained by WBRZ says.

Repath, 26, left the Tigerland bar around 1:15 a.m., just after he had a dust-up with another group of men inside. Police said that exchange involved some pushing and shoving, and soon spilled out into the parking lot.

Once outside, Repath swung at a man in the other group. He missed. That man hit back, knocking Repath backward. The man and his friends "immediately began to rush Repath, knocking him to the ground," the report said. Two of Repath's friends who were at the bar with him that night were also beaten, but only suffered minor scrapes and bruising.

BRPD officers who were working as off-duty security in the Tigerland parking lot area heard about something happening outside Fred's. Officers said they found Repath unconscious and bleeding from the back of his head.

This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 8:25 am