Investigators were continuing a search Tuesday for suspects in the weekend beating of at least two Marines by a large group of people, mostly teens, near the San Clemente Pier.
The melee began about 9:15 p.m. Friday near the pier at the end of Avenida del Mar, Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Mike Woodroof said.
It was unclear how many people attacked the two men, but Woodroof said the number was likely somewhere between 10 and 30. One of the Marines told CBS2 in Los Angeles that the crowd was setting off firecrackers and, when some debris hit him the face, he asked the group to move on. One of the teens then took a swing at the back of the victim's head, and the Marine turned around and charged at his attacker, which set off the crowd, he told the station.
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