(NewsNation) — Two people have been arrested in connection to the violent brawl in downtown Cincinnati that was caught on camera.
A 24-year-old woman and 34-year-old man were arrested for felonious assault and aggravated riot, police told local reporters.
Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge previously said five suspects were being sought, with additional charges possible as the investigation progresses.
Hamilton County prosecutor Connie Pillich said she will prosecute any suspects to the fullest extent of the law. Authorities are continuing to ask suspects to turn themselves in.
Several videos of the fight went viral, with footage showing a group surrounding and beating a man, and another angle showing a woman who appeared to be knocked unconscious hitting her head on the concrete over the weekend.
Critics have blamed police for not being on site as large crowds flooded downtown for multiple big events, but Theetge responded by saying only one person called 911.
Theetge defended the police response, saying that police got a call at 3:06 a.m. and were on scene within six minutes, but by then the brawl was over. She also lashed out at the media in a press briefing.
“Another topic I want to cover real quick is social media and journalism and the role it plays in the incident,” she said. “And yes guys, that’s you. That is you. The social media post that we’ve seen does not depict the entire incident. That is one version of what occurred.”
Many have slammed her and the city’s response. Vivek Ramaswamy is running for governor of Ohio, and he says it’s unconscionable that there were no police present in that area of Cincinnati on a Friday night.
He also questioned why there wasn’t an ambulance to take the woman who was knocked unconscious to the hospital.
Cory Bowman, half-brother to Vice President JD Vance, is running for mayor and blamed the fight on mismanagement.
“We have to look at the root issue of this and that’s mismanagement. We have this saying, that’s trickle-down incompetence,” Bowman said. “The incompetence is coming from the top down and we have to fix it.”
One of the victims of the brawl, the woman who was knocked unconscious, is a single mother who was out celebrating a friend’s birthday party that night. Authorities say she is doing okay.