PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Raven Golf Club employee says he was beaten by one of the six men charged in an attack on former NHL player Paul Bissonnette that same night in Scottsdale.

Surveillance footage shared on social media shows a man wearing a Kelly green shirt push someone into a wall at the golf course restaurant on November 24 and start throwing punches.

“I had a good black eye,” said the 19-year-old employee. “My jaw still hurts quite a bit on the left side.”

The employee, who would only identify himself as Carter, said he was asked to close the restaurant for the night, but a group of golfers refused to leave. He said they were part of a larger group of 57 golfers who had gathered from Texas for a golf outing and memorial service to honor a deceased person.

Scottsdale police are investigating whether the attack in Raven involves the same suspects accused of attacking Bissonnette, an NHL commentator, at Houston’s in Scottsdale. Police and public records indicate the men in this incident are from Texas.

In his booking photo, one of the six suspects, Danny Bradley, is wearing a Kelly green shirt. The Raven employee said he was “100%” sure the man in the green shirt who attacked him on the golf course was Bradley.

Suspects linked to Irish travelers

Public records obtained from Arizona’s family is investigating show that the six men have deep ties to the Irish Traveler community.

Irish Travelers are an ethnic group whose cultural traditions date back to medieval Ireland. The group originated in the mid-19th century in the United States and is known for its itinerant pavers, roofers and construction workers.

Because of their nomadic lifestyle and door-to-door sales techniques, police in several states have linked some Irish travelers to construction fraud. The stereotype of Irish Travelers as itinerant fraudsters is so widespread that it was the subject of a 1997 Hollywood film called Traveller.

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Estimates vary, but today there are between 10,000 and 40,000 Irish Travelers living in the United States, primarily in Texas and South Carolina. Travelers are also called “Pavees” because so many work in road or asphalt construction.

At least five of them Six men were arrested in the Nov. 24 brawl near Houston They owned or were employed by paving and construction companies, according to business records.

According to property records, at least one of the six men, William J. Carroll, is a direct relative and neighbor of Madelyne Toogood, a self-described Irish traveler whose criminal trial in the early 2000s attracted national attention and introduced much of the country to the reclusive subculture.

William Carroll, John G. Carroll, Henry P. Mesker, Danny Bradley and Edward J. Jennings face misdemeanor charges in connection with the attack Sunday at Houston’s on Scottsdale Road.

A sixth man, Sean M. Daley, is charged with two felonies.

Arizona’s family called numbers associated with the men but could not reach them for comment. Attempts to reach immediate family were also unsuccessful.

Police allege Daley held Bissonnette to the ground and kicked the former Coyotes player in the head or neck.

Investigators said Daley also had a fake military ID in his wallet and told officers he needed to return to Texas.

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