Two boys got arrested after a chair landed close to shoppers at Westfield. A video of the incident went viral.
The video showed a chair thrown from a balcony. The chair nearly hit a shopper below, and the boys, ages fourteen and sixteen, got arrested. Police suspect them of criminal damage.
The video shows the chair falling and crashing hard on the ground. The chair lands very close to a man who was luckily uninjured that day. Someone in the video sounds shocked and says they cannot believe what they see.
The video got posted on TikTok and Snapchat. The caption said someone almost died. After tossing the chair, the boys ran away. Three boys were involved. One threw the chair, another filmed, and the third also ran; they even shouted while running.
The police confirmed the arrests quickly and said the incident was serious. They ask anyone with info to contact them. People online are angry about the video, and some think it was attempted murder. One person said a baby could have died. They feel the boy should be found and punished.