DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Officers arrested several students after a fight broke out in a local high school cafeteria on Wednesday.
According to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch, crews were called at 11:35 a.m. to Belmont High School. Just before then, a fight broke out in the school cafeteria. During the fight, one student reportedly used pepper spray affecting multiple people including a school security guard. The use of pepper spray sent the school into a shelter-in-place order.
The shelter-in-place order was later lifted at 12:30 p.m., Dayton Public Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli said.
While no one was seriously injured, one student was taken to the hospital due to asthma, and a second was brought by their parent.
DPD officers arrested a total of seven students, all girls. The students were charged with assault, criminal damaging, and inciting a riot.
