Fights at Columbus City Schools graduations that were captured in viral videos resulted in riot and disorderly conduct charges for four individuals, according to a police spokesperson.
Multiple videos circulating on social media show fights inside and outside the Columbus Convention Center on May 28. Officers responded around 7 p.m. and detained several people, four of whom were charged with riot and disorderly conduct, according to Columbus police spokeswoman Nicole Jaros.
It was not immediately clear which high school’s students or families were involved. Multiple CCS high schools had graduations on May 28 at the Convention Center: Briggs, Columbus International, East, Fort Hayes Arts & Academics, Linden-McKinley STEM Academy, Northland and Walnut Ridge.
Jaros said all of the charged suspects were adults. It was not immediately clear whether any were graduating seniors. According to Franklin County Municipal Court records, one of the suspects is a 23-year-old man from the Northeast Side who Columbus police described as engaging in “violent and turbulent behavior.”
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Scenes from the videos include graduates in red graduation robes and people in plain clothes pushing each other, yelling and throwing punches inside the hall of the Convention Center. Outside the Convention Center, onlookers captured video of multiple police officers taking individuals not in graduation robes to the ground.
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