No weapons, no injuries, no arrests after fight forces end to football jamboree at Wake Forest High School
CONVICTED, HE COULD FACE 30
YEARS IN PRISON.
NEW SAFETY CONCERNS FOR SOME
PARENTS. WAKE COUNTY PARENTS
AFTER A LARGE FIGHT DURING THE
HIGH SCHOOL OT JAMAREE AT WAKE
FOREST HIGH SCHOOL. THAT
SITUATION UNFOLDED JUST DAYS
BEFORE A NEW SCHOOL YEAR
STARTS.
>> FOR MANY IN THE LARGEST
DISTRICT IN OUR STATE WRAL'S
CHELSEA DONOVAN LIVE IN WAKE
FOREST WITH MORE. HOW SCHOOL IN
TOWN LEADERS ARE RESPONDING.
CHELSEA?
>> IT'S ALL DAY LONG. I'VE BEEN
ASKING QUESTIONS TO TOWN
OFFICIALS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM AS TO WHAT
HAPPENED HERE ON SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE SPECTATORS THAT
WE'VE TALKED TO SAY THEY WERE A
BIT DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY CAME
HERE PAID FOR 4 GAMES AND ONLY
SAW 2. NOW WE ARE LEARNING LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THAT THAT FIGHT
ACTUALLY BROKE OUT IN THAT
PARKING DECK NEXT TO THE
STADIUM.
>> FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IN
COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY WHEN
FOREIGNERS IS A BIG THING.
SO WE WANTED TO BE ENJOYABLE
FOR EVERYBODY. WAKE FOREST
GRAD. ANTHONY BRIAN WAS LOOKING
FORWARD TO A HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL TRADITION AT HIS ALMA
MATER SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH
SCHOOL OT JAMAREE WHERE 7
FOOTBALL TEAMS WERE TO COMPETE
AT WAKE FOREST HIGH. AND THEY
SAY WHEN I WAS A WELL IN A
PARKING LOT, DOING SOME KIDS
INTEREST IN THE PARKING LOT
FIGHTING.
>> BECAUSE THEY WILL OPEN UP
TRAFFIC. THEN THE ATMOSPHERE
GOT WORSE. WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS
CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THE FIGHT
STARTED IN THE PARKING DECK.
>> THEN AN INDIVIDUAL CAME INTO
THE STADIUM WHERE IT WAS
DECIDED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
CLEAR THE STANDS. THE ENTIRE
STADIUM HAS TO BE CLEAR.
THAT'S THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
HUNDREDS OF FANS HEARD SATURDAY
AFTER THE SECOND OF 4 WAKE
FOREST TOWN SPOKESPERSON SAID
HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALS DECIDED
TO CLEAR THE STANDS AFTER A
FIGHT BROKE OUT NEAR A
CONCESSION STAND. THAT WAS THE
THING THAT REALLY DISAPPOINTED
ME TONIGHT.
>> THIS GOES FAR BEYOND JUST
KIDS ACTING UP TODAY, WE LEARN
FROM THE TOWN OF WAKE FOREST.
THEY HAD 12 OFFICERS ON THE
SCENE.
>> NO OUTSIDE AGENCIES
RESPONDED OR WERE REQUESTED.
THEY SAID NO INCIDENT REPORT
WAS TAKEN BECAUSE NO VICTIMS
WERE IDENTIFIED IN AN CAME
FORWARD.
>> NO WEAPONS WERE INVOLVED
OR OBSERVED HIGH SCHOOL OT,
WHICH IS OWNED BY CAPITOL
BROADCASTING IS A SPONSOR OF
THE EVENT. WAKE FOREST HIGH
SCHOOL, THOUGH, WAS IN CHARGE
OF ON SITE OPERATIONS,
INCLUDING SECURITY.
NOW WE ASKED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
WHAT PROMPTED THE CANCELLATION
OF THIS OF THAT WHEN THAT
INDIVIDUAL ENTERED THE STADIUM?
AND THAT IS A QUESTION FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT. IT'S CURRENTLY
UNDER INVESTIGATION. WE DO KNOW
>> THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
DISTRICT-WIDE DOES HAVE A CLEAR
BAG POLICY AND THAT WAS
ENFORCED AT THIS EVENT LIVE IN