On Friday night, a fight occurred at East Mecklenburg High School during the boys' basketball game against Butler High School. According to police, a player on the girls' basketball team, who had already finished playing, was told to go sit on the other side of the gym.
Her father, Ernest Owens, initially got into a verbal altercation with the school resource officer which then erupted into a physical confrontation with several officers. The father was later arrested and is now facing multiple charges.
In addition to the father, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officers arrested Dyshay AliyattKilpatrick , 16, Tonja Lejun Kilpatrick, 38 and are attempting to serve warrants on Richard Michael Leu, 32, for their involvement in the fight.
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