Wedding brawl video: Philadelphia Sheraton hotel wedding fight ends in death, arrests Sunday

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Video shows first-responders arriving after at least two wedding parties got into a fight. It started inside a Sheraton hotel, early Sunday morning, but spilled into the street.
Photographer: KWY

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Posted: 10/08/2012

PHILADELPHIA -- Three people are in jail after a wedding reception brawl Sunday in Philadelphia.

First-responders arrived after at least two wedding parties got into a fight.

It started inside a Sheraton hotel, early Sunday morning, but spilled into the street.

During the chaos, a 57-year-old man suffered a heart attack.

He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died.

It's not clear how the fight started.

One of the three men who were arrested has been charged with assaulting a police officer.

Police are consulting video of the brawl and considering charges against more of the people who were involved.

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