{"id":114701,"date":"2026-01-07T22:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/114701\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:44:22","slug":"warrant-issued-for-man-suspected-of-beating-another-man-unconscious-during-freeman-coliseum-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/114701\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrant issued for man suspected of beating another man unconscious during Freeman Coliseum concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">BEXAR COUNTY, Texas \u2013 Bexar County deputies issued a warrant for Arthur Higa Jr., 25, after an assault during a Dec. 26 concert at the Freeman Coliseum. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to the Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office and video obtained by KSAT, several people were assaulting two men during a YFN Lucci concert. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Those two men were Karolina Rivera\u2019s father and brother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cMy dad was knocked unconscious, and my brother was still getting assaulted by the nine other men,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Freeman Coliseum told KSAT they had armed BCSO deputies and unarmed private security working the event, but Rivera said she didn\u2019t see security until after the fight ended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe follow all industry standards for staffing security, medical and ushering services at all of our events,\u201d the general manager for the Freeman Coliseum wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">However, Rivera said there was no security personnel in the pit area where the fight happened and said the fight would have ended sooner if there had been security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThere was no security on the spot to help,\u201d Rivera said. \u201cNo, no security. I mean, the only people on the floor of the concert that night were the ushers, like the ones that you scan your ticket with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Rivera\u2019s father and brother are recovering after the family took them to the hospital immediately after the assault. The sheriff\u2019s office issued a warrant for Higa on two assault bodily injury charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Rivera family is asking for everyone\u2019s help to identify the other people who were involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe still have nine others that are out there and that haven\u2019t been identified,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Below, watch part of the video that deputies are using to locate those involved in the assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEXAR COUNTY, Texas \u2013 Bexar County deputies issued a warrant for Arthur Higa Jr., 25, after an assault&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4755,698,294,13747,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-114701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-bcso","9":"tag-bexar-county","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-freeman-coliseum","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","14":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}