Brawl Over Pokémon Cards Leads To Stabbing Incident

While fans are known for taking various aspects of their fandoms, like merchandise and collectibles, very seriously, there are times when it can get dangerous. Reports have come out of an incident at a California video game store that saw broken glass and a stabbing. Reportedly, the incident ignited over a brawl concerning Pokémon cards.

Officers Were Able To Offer Medical Aid To A Victim After Arriving To The Scene

On Saturday, July 5, at around 9:22 AM local time, police were alerted to an incident in Colma, California. The Colma Police Department arrived at a local GameStop, a merchandise retailer known for specializing in video games, electronics, and gaming merchandise.

The GameStop was located on 4929 Junipero Serra Boulevard. According to reports, a physical altercation had impacted multiple people at the scene.

The Colma police shared details of what happened in a press release on social media, including a few arrests. Taking to Facebook, police shared details on an injured victim.

As the press release read, “Upon arrival, officers located one victim with lacerations to the head and multiple stab wounds. Officers immediately began to render medical aid to the victim at the scene and he was transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries. The victim is currently in stable condition.”

Officers were then told that two suspects involved in the incident both fled the scene, using different vehicles. However, the victim was able to provide photos of the suspects’ vehicles, complete with license plates, with police.

The Incident Reportedly Started Up When One Of The Suspects Cut In Line For Pokémon Cards

Both suspects were eventually detained. According to the release, “The two suspects were identified as Isaiah Calles, a 27-year-old San Francisco resident and Miguel OrellanasFlores, a 49-year-old San Francisco resident.”

The officers later shared they believed a verbal argument between OrellanasFlores and the victim started up after OrellanasFlores allegedly tried to cut in line to buy Pokémon cards. Things turned physical when OrellanasFlores hit the victim in the back of the head with a glass mason jar. Calles then allegedly grabbed broken pieces of the glass to stab the victim.

According to the release, “OrellanasFlores and Calles were arrested for 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. Both were transported and booked into the San Mateo County Jail.” However, the investigation is still ongoing.

The Pokémon franchise debuted back in 1996 as a pair of role-playing games, with the trading cards released that year in Japan. Since then, the franchise has gone on to inspire video games and a popular, long-running anime series.

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