911 call from Kwik Shop altercation consistent with story told to media

The 911 call that a Wichita State University student made during an alteraction at a Kwik Shop on Saturday morning is consistent with the story he told to the media on Monday.

During the call, which was released Thursday, Khondoker Usama explains to the 911 dispatcher that a motorcyclist provoked his friend, Christian Saldana, and then chanted “Trump, Trump” and “I won” as he left the Kwik Shop at 21st and Oliver.

“We were like taking gas and this guy was screaming around, and he was just engaging in conversation, and he provoked my friend,” Usama tells the dispatcher. “He came and started hitting my friend. And then I went to tell him, I told him to stop and he pushed me to my friend, and he again started again hitting my friend and then he left. And he was circling around while we are having this conversation. And he was chanting like, “Trump, Trump,” kind of like “I won,” and those kinds of things, and then he left.

The attack has been investigated as a potential hate crime, although so far the police have not called the motorcyclist in the attack a suspect.

Usama does not mention any racial epithets during the call to 911. In his statements to police, Usama said the attacker called him “brown trash” and had used racial epithets at another black man before he approached Usama and Saldana.

TRANSCRIPT

Sedgwick County 911

(Loud noise, jangling)

Kwik Shop. Kwik Shop at the 21st, 21st and Oliver

Say it again for verification please

Kwik Shop.

The qui, give me the

Kwik Shop

21st and Oliver

OK. And what is the phone number that you are calling from?

(Shouting, chants something four times in the background.)

Are there any weapons involved?

No. There is a guy. He is like a biker he just came in and he just (unintelligible)...my friend’s. .... He is still here and he is (unintelligible)

OK. Do you need an ambulance?

No, we don’t need an ambulance, we need some officers down here.

OK. Hold on just a moment.

(unintelligible)

All right. Are there any weapons involved in this?

No. Apparently i didn’t see anything. (unintelligible)

Are there any injuries? (unintelligible)

Yes.

There is an injury?

There is, like my friend is just bleeding from his teeth, he got punched.

OK. Does he need an ambulance?

No, I don’t think so.

OK. The guy that came in and beat up your friend, is he white, black, Hispanic or Asian?

White.

Do you have any idea what his name is?

No, he’s uh. . .

Charles Thom, what kind of motorcycle is it?

What was it? Like, the bike.

(Background: I think it was like blue or black) What model was it, do you know? (I really don’t know.)

OK. What direction did he go?

He was, like, circling around by the time we are having this conversation he just left.

OK. What direction did he go?

I believe it is Oliver, probably North side of Oliver. He just left.

OK. he went north then on Oliver.

I believe so.

OK. I need you to give me your phone number again, just for verification please.

OK. And you are at the Kwik Shop at 21st and Oliver?

Yes.

Was he alone?

No. Like, I was with me, the suspect was alone, yeah.

About how old is he?

Uh he is 30ish. About 30 years old.

OK. What was he wearing?

He was wearing, like, a jacket and a checkered shirt.

What color jacket?

Kind of ash, black jacket.

Black jacket and white shirt?

No. A checked shirt underneath it, like I couldn’t see the actual color.

OK. And what is your name sir, Khondoker Usama. (Spells)

OK. And what is your friend’s name?

Christian Saldana.

OK. Are you inside the store or outside?

Outside the store, we were like taking gas and this guy was screaming around, and he was just engaging in conversation, and he provoked my friend. He came and started hitting my friend. And then I went to tell him, I told him to stop and he pushed me to my friend, and then he again started again hitting my friend and then he left. And he was circling around while we are having this conversation. And he was chanting like, “Trump, Trump,” kind of like “I won,” and those kinds of things, and then he left.

OK. And you are still on the parking lot is that correct?

Yes.

OK. And you are sure your friend does not need an ambulance?

Uh, do you need an ambulance?

No. I’m OK.

He’s OK.

OK. I have had a call in for officers since we began this conversation. Um, if anything changes before they get out there, I need you to call us back. OK?

All right.

What kind of vehicle are you in?

Acura.

What color is it?

Green, green Acura.

OK. Like I said, if anything changes before they get out there and contact you, call us back. OK?

Sure.

Thank you.

How long is it going to take before the officers arrive?

They are on the way right now I can’t give you a specific time.

OK.

OK. Thank you.

Thank you.

This story was originally published March 18, 2016 at 7:06 PM with the headline "911 call from Kwik Shop altercation consistent with story told to media."