Pine Junction Bar Brawl Endangers Child: JeffCo Sheriff [WATCH]

PINE JUNCTION, CO -- UPDATE: The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department arrested Devon Lee Premer, 22, in connection with this battery. Suspect Arrested In JeffCo Wing Joint Brawl That Endangered Child

A man injured in a Pine Junction bar brawl had to be air-lifted to a hospital and endangered his four-year-old child, the Jefferson County Sheriff's office said. Sheriff's investigators are seeking the public's help to identify one of two men who began to throw punches while the victim carried his four-year-old daughter on his hip.

The fight happened Jan. 25 around 10:10 p.m. at Crossroads Pizza & Wings in the first block of Mt. Evans Boulevard in Pine Junction. Three males got into an argument that turned physical, the sheriff's office said in a press release.

When the fight began the victim, Richard Warry Brown, 39, was holding his young daughter.

"Numerous punches were thrown prior to someone in the bar taking the child from Brown, and the fight continued. The child was not injured," a statement from the sheriff's office said.

The man in the black and white pictures above and another male, named as Joel Michael Wilson, 31, were identified as the men who threw the punches.

Brown sustained serious bodily injury during the assault and had to be air lifted to a trauma center. He was later issued a summons for misdemeanor child abuse for endangering his daughter.

JeffCo sheriff's deputies are asking the public to help identify the second man, described as white, 5’8”, thin, and in his mid-20’s.

If you recognize this man or have any information about this incident, please call the Sheriff’s Office tip line at (303) 271-5612, or Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-STOP (7867).

Image via Jefferson County Sheriff's Office