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Two Pokémon card fanatics arrested over stabbing in line at California GameStop
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Two Pokémon card fanatics arrested over stabbing in line at California GameStop
Two men were arrested and another was injured after the suspects allegedly cut the line at a Pokémon card sale in California, sparking an all-out brawl that ended in a brutal stabbing.
Pokémon fans and scalpers lined up bright and early outside a GameStop in the town of Colma on Saturday for a highly anticipated restock of the franchise’s coveted trading cards.
One of the suspects, 49-year-old San Francisco resident Miguel OrellanasFlores, tried to cut the line to buy the Pokémon cards, the Colma Police Department said.
The unidentified victim, who was wearing a black hoodie with the franchise’s famed unofficial mascot Pikachu on the front, confronted him, as captured in a video obtained by KRON.
“I apologized and everything,” OrellanasFlores said while another man tried to push the victim away.
“Nah, get your hands off me,” the victim said.
The victim lunged to try and reach OrellanasFlores before pivoting and smacking 27-year-old Isaiah Calles across the face.
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Two men were arrested and another was injured after the suspects allegedly cut the line at a Pokémon card sale in California, sparking an all-out brawl that ended in a brutal stabbing.
Pokémon fans and scalpers lined up bright and early outside a GameStop in the town of Colma on Saturday for a highly anticipated restock of the franchise’s coveted trading cards.
Two men were arrested after a brawl outside a GameStop over Pokémon cards.KRON
All it took was one wrong step, and suddenly three men were fighting on the sidewalk.
The GameStop had restocked the trading cards that morning.Google maps
One of the suspects, 49-year-old San Francisco resident Miguel OrellanasFlores, tried to cut the line to buy the Pokémon cards, the Colma Police Department said.
The unidentified victim, who was wearing a black hoodie with the franchise’s famed unofficial mascot Pikachu on the front, confronted him, as captured in a video obtained by KRON.
“I apologized and everything,” OrellanasFlores said while another man tried to push the victim away.
“Nah, get your hands off me,” the victim said.
The victim lunged to try and reach OrellanasFlores before pivoting and smacking 27-year-old Isaiah Calles across the face.
Miguel OrellanasFlores allegedly tried to cut the line.KRON
OrellanasFlores and Calles pounced on the victim and allegedly shoved him to the ground while frantic bystanders tried to intervene.
“There’s kids watching!” one woman shouted as she set her belongings down and tried to pull them apart.
All three men scrambled back to their feet, throwing blind punches until they collapsed in a pile on the ground. Somewhere in the mix, OrellanasFlores grabbed a mason jar and smashed it on the back of the victim’s head, according to the CPD.
Calles, meanwhile, reached for one of the shards and allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times.
The two men fled the scene in separate vehicles, but the victim was somehow still aware enough to obtain photos of their cars — with the license plates included, police said.
OrellanasFlores and Calles were both arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury, battery with serious bodily injury and conspiracy to commit a crime, according to the CPD.
I used to have all the OG cards but my dumbass sold them so now I have some of the newer stuff. I stick with my basketball cards though.
