CHICAGO (WLS) — There was a huge police response after a brawl at a South Side high school on Friday.
The fight happened at the Englewood STEM High School, located at 68th and Normal.
Some students were seen put in handcuffs.
“It’s always something that happens here,” school parent Corey Johnson said,
A stream of Chicago police squad cars led up to the entrance of Englewood STEM High School. Officers worked to bring calm after a large brawl involved at least 100 students on three different floors.
Cell phone video showed the hallway disorder that unfolded after the fight Friday morning.
Parents quickly responded to pick up their children.
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McCoy told ABC7 her daughter claims another student used pepper spray in the hallway, causing a frenzy.
“She say, ‘I have to go to the bathroom and wash my face, because my face has mace all in it.’ She was walking to her classroom,” McCoy said. “How did a student even come in the building with some mace anyway?”
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That’s when Corey Johnson said his 15-year-old son got caught up in the fray and was handcuffed while police calmed the crowd.
“He said it was a girl fight, at first, and then it just hit so big that everybody started fighting,” Johnson said.
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Police on the scene said there were no weapons involved and some students did sustain minor injuries.
ABC7 has reached out to Chicago police and CPS for more information, but has not heard back.
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