Apr 9, 2009 8:45 pm US/Pacific
Men Taped Fighting At Angel Stadium Come Forward
ANAHEIM, Calif. (CBS) ―
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Brian Powers died after fighting at Angel Stadium on opening day.
CBS
Two men videotaped in a fight that left one man dead at Angel Stadium on opening day talked to police Thursday to give their side of the story, but were not arrested.
The men saw themselves on surveillance tapes broadcast on TV newscasts Wednesday night and came to Anaheim Police Station with their lawyers for an interview, Anaheim police spokesman Sgt. Rick Martinez said.
Police determined that they were the two men involved in Monday's fight with 27-year-old Brian Powers of Buena Park, who died early Wednesday morning at UC Irvine Medical Center. Powers had hit his head on concrete steps in a stairwell near the stadium's right field pavilion, Martinez said.
Witnesses had told police that Powers was fighting with a man when a third man came from behind and punched him in the head, making him fall and hit his head. The two assailants ran away before security and police arrived.
Asked if the men's account differed from that of witnesses, Martinez said, "I can't get into anything they said."
Martinez said other witnesses have stepped forward, and all statements will be analyzed, before the case is turned over to the Orange County District Attorney's Office to determine if charges should be brought.
Martinez said the men, who will remain unnamed unless they are later arrested, were cooperative while giving "their side of the story."
Martinez said earlier it is possible Powers may have been the aggressor, but police were concerned about statements he was hit from behind.
The fight occurred as fans were leaving the stadium after the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's 3-0 Opening Day victory over the Oakland Athletics.
When police and medical personnel located Powers, he was unconscious and bleeding from the head, and was later declared brain dead, Martinez said.
Police still hope that anyone else with information on the assault will call Anaheim police at (714) 765-1944.
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