Man with bat hits, hurts two other men outside restaurant

By Derek Jordan
Herald/Review
Published/Last Modified on Saturday, Nov 29, 2008 - 05:20:28 am MST

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SIERRA VISTA — Two men were assaulted with a baseball bat outside of a restaurant early Thursday morning.

At 2:25 a.m., police received a call of an assault at Denny’s, 2397 E. Fry Blvd.

An unknown man attacked another man with a baseball bat as he was leaving the restaurant, said Tracy Grady, public information officer for the Sierra Vista Police Department.

“He was attacked as he walked out the door,” Grady said. “He was struck three times. Once in the back of his head, causing a large laceration. He was also hit in his left forearm and right arm.”

As the man was being attacked, a friend tried to come to his aid.

“He was struck in the back, causing a contusion,” she said.

The suspect is described as a white man, 5 feet 10 inches tall, medium build and clean shaven.

He fled the area in a gray Buick LeSabre driven by a man described by police as being Hispanic and 5 feet 10 inches tall with slender build who was clean shaven and wearing a gray hoodie sweat shirt.

The vehicle left by heading north on Moorman Avenue.

The attacker used a red baseball bat in the assault, Grady said.

Both men who were assaulted refused medical treatment by the Sierra Vista Fire Department and sought further treatment on their own, according to police.

If you have information on this case, call the Sierra Vista Police Department at 452-7500.

Herald/Review reporter Derek Jordan can be reached at 515-4680 or by e-mail at derek.jordan@svherald.com.

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sgt. rose wrote on Dec 7, 2008 2:12 PM:

" it's like the ones that are always involved are the same criminals that have been a terror for years. "

Ugly American wrote on Dec 2, 2008 7:02 AM:

" Pete and politically incorrect are right!! Practice your 2nd amendment right by fire arms training and get your concealed weapons permit. Also join the NRA to help protect this right. People are in power now who would like to start banning "some" firearms. But where would it stop? An armed person is a citizen, an unarmed person is a subject. "

Langer wrote on Nov 30, 2008 11:49 PM:

" Somehow I have a feeling the victims might have known the assailants. Did anyone ask? And I bet Denny's rather than the victims called the cops. "

Pete wrote on Nov 30, 2008 12:29 PM:

" All people need to do is shoot a few of these morons that attack you with bats and knives and all this would soon stop. "

politically incorrect wrote on Nov 30, 2008 8:42 AM:

" if citizens were allowed to exercise their second amendment right to bear their arms i bet this wouldn't have happened. according to my calculations a gun beats a bat every time. arm yourself. the police can't protect you. "

junk wrote on Nov 30, 2008 4:25 AM:

" Well it did say it happened "outside" the restaurant,so why not ban going ouitside,everyone must stay indoors "

curious wrote on Nov 29, 2008 4:20 PM:

" Yes - ban everything. Pencils first - their the reason we don't have many native trees in the area. But then again, if Denny's wasn't there, would this have happen? Ban Denny's. "

Wow Wow Wow wrote on Nov 29, 2008 3:39 PM:

" Absolutely ludacrous! Let's just ban everything, since anything and everything could be used as a weapon. That is simply ridiculous, do you propose to ban pencils now as well? "

Joe wrote on Nov 29, 2008 10:48 AM:

" A typical day in Sierra Vista "

curious wrote on Nov 29, 2008 9:55 AM:

" I agree with Ugly American - ban the bats. Send them back to the caves they came from. Especially the red ones. "

bob wrote on Nov 29, 2008 9:45 AM:

" We should also ban trees so that people dont start making their own bats. "

How many does that make wrote on Nov 29, 2008 9:00 AM:

" When is this town going to say enough is enough and stop all these attacks. How many does that make now. I count at least 5 not that the hearld has reported on 3 of them "

SV-1 wrote on Nov 29, 2008 8:53 AM:

" I wonder if some of the Black Friday shoppers stopped for breakfast at Denny's before going shopping? "

Ugly American wrote on Nov 29, 2008 6:55 AM:

" There seems to be alot of assaults with baseball bats. Maybe there should be laws enacted to register and control baseball bats! Maybe just ban them all together! I could find nothing in the bill of rights or laws that gaurantees the right to possess a baseball bat. The nearest amendment is the 2nd which only gaurantees the right to keep and bare arms. I say ban bats and all uses of them! It will be the only way to keep them out of the criminals hands!!! "