NC State, East Carolina students arrested in on-campus fight

An on-campus fight after the NC State-East Carolina football game resulted in charges for the students involved on Friday morning.
Posted 8/29/2025, 8:17:11 PM Updated 8/29/2025, 9:00:04 PM

HUMIDITY AS WELL AS YOUR BEACH

FORECAST COMING UP. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, KAT.

>> BAD BLOOD IN BAD BEHAVIOR

ON DISPLAY AFTER LAST NIGHT'S

ECU NC STATE GAME 6 STUDENTS

FACING CHARGES NOW AFTER A

BRAWL ON CAMPUS. THIS ALL

HAPPENING EXACTLY 8 MONTHS

AFTER A CLASH THAT HAPPENED ON

THE GRIDIRON AFTER THE MILITARY

BOWL WHEN THE 2 TEAMS STARTED

FIGHTING THERE ON THE FIELD,

WRO SHAUN GALLAGHER IS NEAR

CAMPUS TONIGHT. SEAN, GOOD TALK

WITH SOME STUDENTS ABOUT ALL

THIS TODAY.

>> YEAH, DAN AND I KNOW

FOOTBALL FANS ARE GOING TO HEAR

ABOUT THIS STORY AND SAY

FOOTBALL IS BACK. BUT THE

STUDENTS I TALKED TO HERE TODAY

ON THERE'S A VERY FINE LINE

BETWEEN SOME FRIENDLY RIBBING

AND WHAT CROSSES THE LINE INTO

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE OUT. TAKE A

LOOK AT THE SCENE FROM EARLY

THIS MORNING ON CAMPUS. SEVERAL

STUDENTS ARE GATHERED WITH

POLICE NEAR KILGORE HALL.

OUR BREAKING NEWS TRACKER SAW

AT LEAST ONE OF THEM HOLDING

WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ICE PACK

ON HIS HEAD AND POLICE RADIO

TRAFFIC SAYS AT LEAST ONE OF

THOSE STUDENTS MAY HAVE BEEN IN

AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER

THE FIGHT AND SEE STATE POLICE

ARRESTED 6 STUDENTS IN TOTAL 4

FROM ECU AND 2 FROM STATE WHO

WERE ALL CHARGED WITH

MISDEMEANOR AFRAID. STATE

STUDENTS TODAY SAY THEY WERE

EXCITED ABOUT THE WIN LAST

NIGHT. JUST NOT THEIR EXTRA

CURRICULARS AFTERWARDS.

>> I THINK IT'S UNCALLED FOR.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT

OF EMOTION IN IT. BUT

I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY

IS JUST A FOOTBALL GAME.

IT'S REALLY JUST SPORTS OF THE

END OF THE DAY. IT'S JUST, YOU

KNOW, FUN, COMPETITIVE FUN.

BUT I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF

PEOPLE CAN'T GET REALLY INTO

IT. BUT YEAH, JUST I JUST THINK

THAT THAT'S NOT NEEDED TO GET

PHYSICAL. THAT.

>> AND SIMPLE. AFRAID CHARGES

CAN CARRY UP TO $1000 FINE AND

ALSO UP TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL.

BUT POLICE TELL US THEY'RE

STILL INVESTIGATING THIS CASE.

SO MORE CHARGES COULD BE COMING