A Saskatoon woman who recorded a deadly fight at a city nightclub still isn’t sure why she started stalking the woman now charged with murder. “I don’t even know what caught my eye,” said the witness, who recorded the fight on her phone. The CBC is not naming her because it fears for her safety because of the online response to people who recorded that night. “She nonchalantly left her bag on the bar counter and then walked back… I think they must have known they were going to start fighting because a line had already been cleared when she went to the bar.” Paige Theriault-Fisher, 22, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Nov. 5 death of 23-year-old Hodan Hashi at LIT nightclub. Theriault-Fisher was initially charged with second-degree murder, but police downgraded the charge hours after her arrest. LIT Nightclub is located above the Crazy Cactus bar on Third Avenue South. Both facilities are owned by the same company. The owners declined interview requests. People were at the club early on Saturday morning for an after party for a DJ who had performed at a different club downtown on Friday night. Security at LIT that night was typically tight, said the woman who recorded the incident and a second witness, a man who was in the club during the fight. The CBC is also not naming the man because of concerns for his safety due to racist comments on social media. Both say people coming into the club that night had to go through three levels of security. There was a tap from the security on the door, a metal detector they had to go through and then a manual check with a wand. All bags and purses were also checked at the door. Paige Theriault-Fisher is charged with involuntary manslaughter. (Paige Theriault-Fisher/Facebook) The woman who recorded the incident did not know Theriault-Fisher or Hashi. He said Theriault-Fisher and Hashi began fighting in a cubicle and “it wasn’t long before they were on the floor.” “Everything happened extremely quickly.” At least three videos showing different angles of the brawl have circulated on social media. The videos were provided to the CBC. They show two women standing and fighting while bystanders watch. One woman has the other in a headlock and then they go to the floor together. A person over a PA system can be heard saying, “We’ve got a b—h race on the track.” The two women wrestle for a moment and one repeatedly punches the other in the face and neck area. It is unclear if he is holding an object while striking. A huge pool of blood then appears below the woman at the bottom. The two separate and both stand. The wounded woman wipes blood from her neck, walks a few steps, and then collapses. Hodan Hashi’s family has started a Go Fund Me page to raise money for her funeral expenses. (Hodan Hashi/Facebook) The woman who recorded it said that, from her point of view, it was clear that Hassi had been injured when she fell on a piece of broken glass on the floor. “You can see the cup slide out a bit [in the videos],” he said. “Either the cup was in the chamber and when it fell it ended up on the floor, or the cup was already on the floor.” Both witnesses said security at the bar responded to the fight immediately after the DJ announced it over the PA system. “The bouncers were there immediately because everyone knows you’re not allowed to fight in this club,” the woman said. Someone pulled a fire alarm right after the fight “and the bar started emptying, people were running,” he said. Theriault-Fisher is in custody and scheduled to return to provincial court on Thursday.
