SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – In broad daylight among the sights in Savannah’s Historic District on Sunday was a shocking scene in front of City Hall.
The video sent to the WSAV Investigative Unit recorded an all-out brawl on Bay Street. While it isn’t clear what led up to the fight, the clip shows a man, with a drink in his hand, punching the rider of a dirt bike.
That rider then drops the bike, steps away and turns back with a gun.
A spokesperson for the Savannah Police Department tells WSAV officers were called but have not identified the people in the video.
Meanwhile, in downtown Monday, tourists we shared the clip with were shocked.
But Mayor Van Johnson said although the video was disturbing, he doesn’t think tourists or residents should be overly worried about their safety downtown.
“I don’t think it’s an issue. I mean this was obviously an altercation that could have occurred anywhere, at anybody’s place, anybody’s city, anybody’s home,” Johnson said Tuesday. “I want us to not blow up individual incidents and then create this paranoia — ‘Oh my gosh, something happened.’ I mean as long as you have people, you’re going to have instances to occur.”
The fight happened around 6 p.m. It doesn’t appear anyone was seriously hurt.