Gas station workers were arrested on assault charges after videos showed them engaging in a violent encounter with customers, Pittsburgh police said.
Cellphone footage and surveillance video showed three men beating two women last week in a confrontation that began over spilled gas at an Exxon station on Sept. 20, according to authorities. Pittsburgh police said that the argument began when customers demanded a refund when a pump malfunctioned and were refused.
Video captured by a bystander outside showed the men yelling about getting the women's license plate number as they exit the station. Then things quickly escalated as one of men who worked in the gas station hit one of the women in the back of the head multiple times. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala defended the simple assault charges and said Wednesday that the altercation did not escalate to aggravated assault,
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