Another altercation occurred along Fowler Street when more unidentified Tech fans attempted to walk through the middle of the band's formation. Senior marcher Dustin Doyle's attempt to restrain a man escalated into a brawl. "I stepped up and politely moved him to the side of the street safely away from the group. The student resisted and began to struggle with me. Smelling the alcohol coming from the student, I held him firmly with the intention to let the band pass safely," said Doyle.
After Doyle claims he let the man go, the man began to further taunt the band. "He struggled free and attempted again to cut across the band saying 'This is my street, I can cross it wherever I want and when I want!' I then firmly held him in a bear hug." After the band passed the man supposedly got up off the ground and repeatedly hit Doyle in the face with "a strap of some sort."