Women Attack Car With Basball Bats

M I L W A U K E E, Wis., May 2, 2003 -- It was the early hours of the morning in a Milwaukee neighborhood when the 911 call came in. The frantic caller explained that several young women were attacking a car with baseball bats while a crowd watched.

Milwaukee's chief of police, Arthur Jones, says those who initiated the attack on Sunday morning had been involved in a fight earlier that night at an alcohol-free club called H2O. When the club closed, Jones said they went "cruising" on a nearby strip.

"Ultimately they congregate sometimes in a filling station lot and other venues," Jones told ABCNEWS' Good Morning America.

"And what does occur on occasion, people vent their frustrations or whatever may have occurred in the past between individuals," Jones said.

The attack, which was caught on tape and shown on WISN 12-TV in Milwaukee, shows young women jumping up and down and hitting a white station wagon with baseball bats.

One frightened woman made a call to 911 from a nearby restaurant during the attack, and police say they are relying on others who watched the attack to come forward with more information.

"It's not going to be tolerated in Milwaukee," Jones said.

The police chief said they has already identified one 19-year-old woman involved in the attack and planned to bring her in.

"We know where she lives and we're going to take her into custody and charge her with recklessly endangering safety and criminal damage to property," Jones said. "It's through citizen cooperation we have identifiedthis young lady and we are confident we will identify the other individuals involved and also arrest them," he said.