Cemetery fight breaks out at Richmond funeral

FILE – In this Thursday, May 18, 2006 file photo, a cement brick with the generic name “John Doe” marks the grave where an unidentified migrant…

FILE – In this Thursday, May 18, 2006 file photo, a cement brick with the generic name “John Doe” marks the grave where an unidentified migrant who died while crossing the border is buried in a public cemetery in Holtville, Calif. An Associated Press tally has documented at least 56,800 migrants dead or missing worldwide from 2014 to 2018 _ almost double the number found in the world’s only official attempt to count them, by the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration. (AP Photo/David Maung)

by: Phil Mayer

Posted: Aug 9, 2022 / 06:25 PM PDT

Updated: Aug 10, 2022 / 09:26 AM PDT

RICHMOND, Calif. (KRON) — The Richmond Police Department responded to a large fight between family members at a cemetery on Saturday, it said in a Facebook post. One suspect was arrested for the incident.

Police were called to the Rolling Hills Cemetery at 4100 Hilltop Drive for what they described as a “chaotic altercation.” The suspect was arrested for retaliating at a family member after he was struck with a cane.

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After he was hit, police said the suspect got into his car and drove over grass and gravestones, breaking a water main in the process. Water flooded the plot of the funeral director’s grandmother. He also hit the victim with his car and knocked a casket over.

The suspect was given medical attention for his injury before being booked into jail for assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism of a tomb/memorial.