Student Charged With Battery On Police Officer During School Fight

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MIAMI SPRINGS (CBSMiami) – What began as a fight between two boys ended with one of the young men going on a rampage, using his fists, according to students.  Witnesses say the student swung at everyone from the lunch lady to a police officer.

Chaos erupted in the cafeteria during lunchtime Tuesday at Miami Springs Senior High School when the fight broke out.

"Everyone started running toward the front of the cafeteria because some kid pushed another kid against the wall," student Sharon Addin told CBS4's Natalia Zea.

Students jumped on top of cafeteria tables during the commotion.

According to witnesses, when a cafeteria worker, vice principal and security guard tried to intervene, they became victims themselves.

"They were trying to break up the fight," said student James Desgouttes.

Addin added, "He started hitting a bunch of people. He started like punching a bunch of people for no reason."

Student Brian Brelman gave the same account.

"The kid started fighting the security guard, and everyone else," he told Zea.

When a police officer arrived, students say the young man turned on him.

"One of the policemen came in and the kid punched him, and the police ended up tackling him to the floor," recalled Addin.

That student was arrested and, according to officials, the other student involved in the fight will be disciplined administratively.

The incident gave students a lot to talk about, but most, like Michael Cabrera chalk it up to high school fighting that could happen anywhere.

"This is a good school, there's nothing bad about it. Everything happens, it happens to everybody," said Cabrera.

The student who was arrested is charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and could be in even more trouble than that, if the lunch lady and other school staff decide to press charges.