Northeast Philadelphia Wawa brawl caught on camera, under investigation

6abc.com ^ | 8/1/2016 | Charlie Ileto

[simpson96]

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police are investigating a brawl involving flying food and flying fists at a Northeast Philadelphia Wawa this past weekend.

The late Friday night melee unfolded inside a crowded Wawa on Torresdale Avenue and Levick Street.

Witnesses say the group seen in cell phone video are all family members and that one or two people began screaming at a Wawa employee.

"The customers wanted to beat up a worker," a witness told Action News Monday night. "Another customer came to the worker's defense, and they started fighting him. There was a bunch of them and they're all family related, and they started tearing the Wawa up."

Action News spoke exclusively to the Good Samaritan who ended up in the middle of the brawl.

"They were trying to jump one of the cashiers. They started trashing the store when they couldn't get to her. I went outside. I called the police. When I came back in, he was trashing the store again. I tried to get him to stop and when I tried to stop him, his family or his friends or whoever they are, just tried to jump on top of me and beat the crap out of me," Shawn Nichol said.

[I want the USA back]

There are only 3 groups that don’t know the meaning of civilized behavior, who act out their primitive impulses without regard to the consequences.
1. America’s first victim group.
2. Simians.
3. America’s latest and fastest-growing bearded victim group.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

why investigate? Under this current climate...none of them will be charged?

[USMCPOP]

News update: The family that trashed the WAWA has apologized. They got mixed up and thought they were in a Chuck-e-Cheese.

[hal ogen]

The video suspiciously shows what appears to be moocher and her “entourage”.

[NativeSon]

I know this exact place - while in school, I ran a 'West Coast Video' across the street.

I have a lot of crazy stories.

The neighborhood, Tacony, has descended further into the pit of despair

[MurrietaMadman]

If I squinted my eyes back when I was growing up in Tacony in the 50’s/60’s I could almost believe some days the background was part of a 30’s movie set.

[moovova]

Wah-Wah...George Harrison

[oh8eleven]

My first thought too.

[Company Man]

thought they were in a Chuck-e-Cheese

Gimme my dayum bolo tickets!

[Safetgiver]

I KNOW THE ONE GUY!!! Dindunuffins, lives in the area.

[Albion Wilde]

Ping!

[bicyclerepair]

Grew up blocks from the Tacony Palmyra bridge and this place.
Back then it was nice.

[Prov1322]

Torresdale Avenue and Levick Street

Just a few blocks from the old homestead...{sigh}

@bicyclerepair

Grew up blocks from the Tacony Palmyra bridge and this place.

We were neighbors! I grew up half a block from Greenman's...

[Albion Wilde]

The witness with the pink lace top and bleach-tipped curls was an extraordinary sight to see! Very dramatic presentation, lady!

[Albion Wilde]

For those of you who don’t know it, WAWA is a terrific chain, I wish they sold stock I believe they are privately held.

I love how they are now spreading through the south, near exits all along I-95 from Baltimore to points south. Really enjoy getting gas and coffee on my way to N & S Carolina.

By the way, the burned-out letters in the store sign in that video indicated that store was only a "Wa."

[sargon]

Broadbrush much?

[Albion Wilde]

Wawa is the indigenous Leni-Lenape indians' name for the Canada goose. There is one in the logo of the brand. I guess that's the sound they heard as geese were migrating over the continent back in antidiluvian times.

[Albion Wilde]

A couple of years ago the Washington Post, iirc, did a big travelogue article comparing Wawa and Sheetz in various locations. Cool! I still prefer Wawa. Best coffee.

[Prov1322]

Wawa Inc. - Advertising Slogans

Advertising Slogans

• 1960s: "Wawa, to the American Indian meant Wild Goose. To you it means the finest in dairy products." (on their milk bottles)
• 1960s: "Mama, I want my Wawa."
• 1970s: "Fast, fresh shopping night and day."
• 1972: "People on the go — go to Wawa Food Markets"
• 1980s: "We Do It Just a little bit better: Wawa."
• 1990s: "One great taste after another." "Mornin, Noon And Nite, Wawa Does It Right"
• Late 1990s: "Go to Wawa when you're hot, hot, hot."
• 2002–2005: "My choice. My Wawa."
• 2005–present: "Gottahava Wawa."

[Vigilanteman]

Let’s just say that most Sheetz are located in neighborhoods without many urban ferals. If my travels do take me to eastern PA, I like Wawa but will avoid certain locations if you get my drift.