Graphic video appears to show aftermath of South Side knife-throwing fight

A graphic video making the rounds on social media appears to show the aftermath of what police say was a knife-throwing fight between two men at a home on the South Side. A graphic video making the rounds on social media appears to show the aftermath of what police say was a knife-throwing fight between two men at a home on the South Side. Photo: Screengrab Via Facebook Photo: Screengrab Via Facebook Image 1 of / 74 Caption Close Graphic video appears to show aftermath of South Side knife-throwing fight 1 / 74 Back to Gallery

A graphic video making the rounds on social media appears to show the aftermath of what police say was a knife-throwing fight between two men at a home on the South Side.

The graphic video, which had more than 5 million views on Facebook and almost 69,000 shares Wednesday morning, appears to depict a reported cutting around 5:30 p.m. on Friday at a home in the 800 block of Division Avenue.

Police could not immediately confirm the origins of the video but the address is consistent with the reported incident.

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Police say the complainant in the case, 46-year-old Robert Heredia, initiated the incident by throwing large knives at the younger man involved in the altercation, whom police have not identified.

In response, the young man threw the knives back at Heredia, striking him in the head, according to police.

Video of the apparent aftermath of the attacks shows a man who appears to be Heredia, wearing a white shirt and bleeding profusely from his head, while the young man stands behind a gate screaming.

"You were trying to f----n' kill me," he yells, pointing at Heredia.

Witnesses intervene and and separate Heredia and the young man. The man filming the video picks up the knives the two were throwing at each other and moves them across the street.

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"Those are his knives," the suspect yells at one point in the video.

About two minutes into the video, police arrive to the scene. The young man raises his arms in the air and surrenders, as a group of officers force him to the ground and detain him.

Heredia was later transported to University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. Multiple phone calls to numbers listed for Heredia were not returned Tuesday.

No charges have been filed in the case and no immediate arrests were made, Sgt. Jesse Salame said.

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