Cigarette butt causes brawl among 4 neighbors

Four neighbors face charges after a tag-team-style rumble broke out over a cigarette butt that a guest casually tossed into a yard, police said Wednesday.

The fight involved two parties, a brother and sister and a husband and wife, all who live in the 1600 block of Jackson Street Southeast, said Lt. Chris Mathews, a police spokesman.

At least three of the participants went to the hospital after Friday afternoon's melee, Mathews said.

"Now, this is all over a cigarette butt," Mathews said.

A guest of a 42-year-old man smoked as they stood in the yard and talked. When the guest finished the cigarette, he flicked it toward the edge of the yard, Mathews said.

A neighbor, 24, saw the butt and began yelling about it.

"According to several residents of the neighborhood, (the two neighbors) argued about this for the entire day," Mathews said.

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