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A highschool basketball recreation in Arapahoe County on Wednesday evening ended with a number of fights that despatched one particular person to a hospital.
The fights occurred about 8:40 p.m. at Eaglecrest Excessive College, 5100 S. Picadilly St., as the sport between Eaglecrest and Smoky Hill High School was ending, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Workplace spokesperson deputy John Bartmann mentioned.
A number of off-duty Arapahoe County deputies have been working on the recreation when the fights broke out and referred to as for extra legislation enforcement to interrupt up the fights, Bartmann mentioned. On the similar time, quite a few individuals referred to as 911 to report the fights.
Lauren Snell, a spokesperson for the Cherry Creek College District, which each excessive faculties are a part of, in an electronic mail mentioned the district was conscious of two fights that occurred.
As soon as the deputies stopped the fights, they discovered a male sufferer struggling accidents who was taken to a hospital, Bartmann mentioned. The male, for whom Bartmann couldn’t give an age, was alert and speaking when he went to the hospital.
Snell mentioned that particular person was not a pupil at both faculty.
Deputies have no idea how many individuals have been concerned within the fights.
“Violence of any sort is just not tolerated within the Cherry Creek College District, and anybody discovered to be concerned in fights will face critical disciplinary penalties and will face authorized repercussions as effectively,” Gwen Hansen-Vigil, Eaglecrest Excessive College principal, mentioned in an electronic mail to college students.
Early rumors circulating there was a taking pictures or stabbing on the recreation weren’t true, Bartmann mentioned, and deputies haven’t arrested anybody but.
They imagine it was a one-off incident, he mentioned.
Snell mentioned the district is cooperating with the sheriff’s workplace investigation.
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