Police, school investigate large fight outside Belmont

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Police and local high school officials are investigating a fight that involved as many as 30 students, according to a Dayton police report.

Police responded to Belmont High School Monday afternoon after a parent reported her daughter was attacked during a brawl.

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According to the report, the girl was attacked had gotten into a mutual fight with another classmate earlier in the day. after school, the girl and her boyfriend were approached by several males, and they began to argue.  The girl tried to separate her boyfriend from the other males, and that’s when she was assaulted, according to the report.

Kenya Morgan, the girl’s mother, said her daughter tried to get away.

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“There were seven guys who were holding her while the little girl was hitting her,” she said. “My daughter said she tried to walk away and the guy grabbed her and slammed her to the ground.”

Belmont High School had a meeting with parents Tuesday morning regarding the fight. They refused comment when reached out by this news organization.

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