Four Students Arrested at Louisiana High School After Brawl

(Lafayette, Louisiana) - Police arrested four students at a high school in Lafayette on Thursday after they got into a fight on campus.

KLFY News 10 reports that the four students got into a fight in a restroom, and one student was cut by another student who allegedly had a pair of scissors in his hand.

School resource officers responded to the altercation in the restroom, and one student, 18-year-old Jeremiah Clovis, was charged with simple battery, resisting arrest, and battery of a police officer.

Clovis was identified as the student who was cut by the scissors in the altercation.

The 15-year-old student who allegedly used the scissors in the fight was booked into the juvenile detention center on the charge of aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon.

Two other students were also arrested on charges of simple battery and released into the custody of their parents.

While authorities continue to investigate the incident at Northside High School, police tell News 10 that the altercation stemmed from "one word against another.” Jeremiah Clovis, who was arrested by police, was released on bond.

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