Brawl Breaks Out At High School Basketball Game: Police

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — A brawl broke out at a basketball game at Southampton High School Tuesday, resulting in multiple injuries, police said.

According to Southampton Village Police, multiple 911 calls came in at 7:58 p.m. regarding a large group of people fighting in the gym at the Southampton High School.

Members of the Wyandanch Memorial High School basketball team and their spectators became involved in multiple fights with spectators from Southampton, police said.

Southampton School security, staff and coaching personnel were able to restore order as police arrived on scene, police said. The incident last approximately 15 to 20 minutes, police said.

Multiple injuries have been reported, police said.

The Southampton Village Police Department's detective division is conducting an investigation and detectives are asking anyone that may have video footage of any of the incident to forward it to them, police said.

Anyone with any additional information is urged to call 631-283-0056.

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