By Associated Press - Friday, June 23, 2017

WATERVLIET, N.Y. (AP) - Two teenagers have been arrested in the aftermath of a brawl that erupted at the end of a high school commencement in eastern New York.

The fight at Watervliet (wah-ter-vuh-LEET’) High School just outside Albany broke out just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Police say officers responding to a 911 call encountered about 30 people fighting near the edge of school property.

Watervliet Police Chief Mark Spain says investigators are reviewing surveillance video in an effort to figure out what happened. He says one police officer suffered a minor injury.



Spain says an investigation is under way and more arrests are possible.

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