Victim from S. Tahoe bar fight remains hospitalized

Update: May 23, 2012, 9:50am:

South Lake Tahoe police this morning let Lake Tahoe News know the patron in the weekend bar fight is still alive.

Officers are not releasing exact medical conditions per federal law pertaining to medical confidentiality.

The name of the person has also not been released, nor have more details about the fight been disclosed, nor whether arrests are pending.

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Two people were severely injured in a bar fight early Sunday morning.

When South Lake Tahoe police officers arrived at Mo’s Place at 12:36am May 20 they said they were told owner Mo Patel had been knocked unconscious by a customer who had been asked to leave. Patrons took things into their own hands, according to officers, and pummeled the unruly patron so badly that he was not breathing nor did he have a pulse when paramedics arrived.

Paramedics revived him. However, officers would not release that person’s name. They did say he is still hospitalized as of Monday afternoon.

A woman answering the phone at Mo’s on May 21 said Patel is not expected in for at least a week.

A lieutenant with the police department said details of the episode, how many people were involved and conditions of the victims are not being released. All that is known is both men were taken to Barton Memorial Hospital with “serious” injuries. The video from the brawl has also not been released.

At this time there have been no arrests.

— Kathryn Reed