Students fight, adults injured at East Chapel Hill High
ENTIRE WEEKEND WILL STAY DRY.
>> BREAKING NEWS FROM WRAL
COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON.
>> BREAKING RIGHT NOW AT 6
O'CLOCK, A SERIES OF SCHOOL
FIGHTS 5 STAFF MEMBERS HURT
WHILE TRYING TO BREAK THEM UP.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US ON
THIS FRIDAY EVENING. I'M ASHLEY
WROTE AND I'M GERALD OWENS.
SKY 5 FLEW OVER EAST CHAPEL
HILL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE IT
HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON.
>> PROMPTING POLICE TO RETURN
TO THE
SCHOOL TWICE.
>> BRIAN SHRADER IS IN THE WRAL
LIVE CENTER TRACKING
DEVELOPMENTS. BRIAN, YOU'VE GOT
NEW REACTION FROM THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. INDEED, THERE WAS ONE
FIGHT JUST BEFORE NOON AND THEN
A SECOND FIGHT JUST BEFORE 2
O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AT EAST
CHAPEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> AND WE KNOW THAT 5 STAFFERS
WERE INJURED, TRYING TO BREAK
UP THOSE FIGHTS. THERE'S THAT
SKY. 5 VIDEO, ONE SCHOOL ID LET
OUT AROUND 4 O'CLOCK THIS
AFTERNOON. THERE IS NO WORD
ON THE NATURE OR SEVERITY OF
THE INJURIES INVOLVED IN ALL OF
THIS. WE DO KNOW THAT EMS
RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND EAST
CHAPEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL WAS
PLACED ON HOLD BRIEFLY
BASICALLY TELLING STUDENTS AND
STAFF MEMBERS TO STAY IN PLACE
AND KEEP THE HALLS CLEAR.
ANDY JENKS IS SPOKESMAN FOR
CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO CITY
SCHOOLS TO TALK WITH HIM AND HE
SAID THIS WAS A SCARY DAY FOR
STUDENTS AND STAFF. JUST THE
3RD WEEK OF SCHOOL THERE AT
EAST CHAPEL HILL HIGH. AND IT
SAYS COUNSELORS RIGHT NOW ARE
WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT
STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE HELP
THEY NEED DEALING WITH WHAT
THEY SAW TODAY.
>> OUR FOLKS ARE WELL TRAINED
IN THAT AREA AND THEY'VE
ALREADY BEGUN REACHING OUT TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND
STAFF KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEONE
TO TALK TO TO HELP PROCESS WHAT
THEY SEE, WHAT THEY MAY HAVE
SEEN EARLIER TODAY.
>> A SCARY AFTERNOON. THEIR
CHAPEL HILL POLICE SAY THERE IS
NO INDICATION WEAPONS WERE
INVOLVED IN THOSE FIGHTS AND
THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING AS
TO WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO
FILE ANY CHARGES. ALL RIGHT,