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VIDEO: Social Distancing Argument Allegedly Leads To Fight Between 2 Walmart Customers

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - A fight between two women that broke out at a Walmart in Colorado Springs apparently started because of a disagreement over social distancing. A customer who was a safe distance away captured the scuffle on video last Friday with her phone. It shows fists flying for a few seconds next to a checkout counter and employees trying to break it up.

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Colorado Springs police said one woman was arrested on a third-degree assault charge. They said no one was badly hurt.

CBS4 partner KKTV reported the woman arrested was Laura Barr, 60.

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The woman who captured the video said she and other shoppers were shocked to see the fight going on.

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"It's kind of scary that people feel this way -- that it could lead to a physical altercation," Brianna Carroll said.

Neither of the women who were fighting were wearing masks. Colorado currently is under a mandatory mask wearing order due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Walmart is located on East Platte Avenue.

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