Complaint About Filming Leads to Violent Attack on Columbia Pike

A man is recovering from injuries after an ugly incident last week when a simple request for someone to stop filming resulted in a vicious attack more than five hours later.

The incident began at around 8:40 p.m. April 7 in the 2900 block of Columbia Pike when one of the suspects in the attack began filming the victim, said police spokesperson Ashley Savage

He asked the person to stop filming, "which started the dispute," Savage said.

More than five hours later, at around 2 a.m. April 8, the man was jumped by "a number of offenders after he exited a restaurant," according to the police report.

The beating resulted in the victim getting treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.

He was able to describe two of his assailants, police said. The first was described as a black teenager with a slim build wearing glasses and braces, and who stood about 5 feet 6 inches tall. The second attacker was described as a black man in his twenties, also 5 feet 6 inches tall with a slim build.