Nine teens arrested for brutally assaulting three Marines who told them to stop setting off fireworks

Nine teens have been arrested for brutally beating three Marines on a California beach over Memorial Day Weekend.

Orange County officials said four boys and a girl were charged with assault with a deadly weapon on Tuesday and were held in juvenile hall.

And another four minors were charged with assault and assault, This is reported by CBS News.

The Marines were brutally attacked at 10 p.m. Friday along San Clemente Beach, just south of Los Angeles, by a group of up to 40 teenagers after the military confronted them about setting off fireworks.

The incident was captured on video and the men, who suffered minor injuries, refused to be transported to a local hospital in the aftermath.

Orange County officials said four boys and a girl were charged Tuesday with assault with a deadly weapon and held in juvenile hall

Hunter Antonio, one of the Marines, told KCAL the fight started when he told the teens to stop setting off fireworks

San Clemente Mayor Chris Duncan revealed that deputies nabbed the prime suspects in the mob of teens who launched the attack.

He said, “They think they have the people they are looking for. Not to say there might not be a few others. They are quite confident that they have the main culprits.’

Footage of the incident was used to track down those involved, the mayor added.

“In the current era, you get caught — people are going to take it up,” Duncan said.

“I hope this is a learning lesson for young people in the community to not let themselves get out of control when something like this happens.”

The approximately one-minute clip posted to Facebook showed the Marines attempting to climb the steps outside the Pier Bowl as a group of teenagers yelled at them.

As they approached the stairs, a male teenager was seen brutally striking the back of one of the Marine’s heads.

The Marine turned and charged the assailant, leading to an all-out brawl, as the teen’s friends all jumped in to wave and kick him.

Within seconds, the group circled the two Marines shouting “Get that f***er” and “F*** that f***er up,” even using the N-word at one point.

And two of the victims were seen curled up on the ground as the group continued to beat them with vicious kicks.

The brawl only ended when two bystanders, an unidentified man and woman, intervened and yelled at the children, “Stop, what are you doing?”

It remains unclear what happened before the video, but Marine Hunter Antonio told it KCAL the fight started when he asked the teens to stop setting off fireworks.

Another four minors were charged with assault and assault, CBS News reported, after Marines brutally attacked San Clemente Beach at 10 p.m. Friday.

The brawl only ended when two unknown passersby intervened and yelled at the teens

The vicious attack began outside the Pier Bowl as the Marines began moving up the stairs

Antonio said he and his friend were enjoying a rare time off from Camp Pendleton in Oceanside over Memorial Day weekend when the crowd began setting off the fireworks.

A piece of debris then hit him in the face and Antonio said he politely asked them to leave.

“They were setting off fireworks, they were belligerent and obnoxious and annoying other people, so I went up to them and told them to stop,” he said.

But the group followed him back to the pier, to which Antonio said he and his friend warned the teens they were Marines “so they would leave, but they didn’t.”

Orange County officials said the two men seen in the video suffered only minor injuries, such as an injury to the hand, abrasions to the knees and pain in the abdomen, chest and head.

However, Antonio feared that he could also suffer a concussion.

“There’s still blood on my face,” he said. “It wasn’t cool at all.”

Mayor Duncan described the Memorial Day attack over the weekend as “tragic.”

“This is San Clemente, Marines are always welcome here, it’s always celebrated, it’s always taken care of, and that’s why this is so tragic,” he said.