Gilroy
– Gang violence erupted on the Gilroy High School campus Friday
afternoon, touching off a string of fights that involved as many as
50 students. Five students were arrested.
Gilroy – Gang violence erupted on the Gilroy High School campus Friday afternoon, touching off a string of fights that involved as many as 50 students. Five students were arrested.
At least 12 students were directly involved in the gang-related violence. About 10 were suspended and three boys and two girls were arrested. A number of the students may be recommended for expulsion, and additional arrests and suspensions may follow, school officials said.
Injuries were limited to minor cuts and scrapes, said Roger Cornia, Gilroy School District school safety officer. No weapons were used in the four separate fights that broke out in three different areas of the GHS campus in rapid succession at lunchtime.
Some of those involved said it wasn’t coincidence that the activity broke out on Friday the 13th, because gangs associating with Sureños identify with the number 13.
Also, police in Morgan Hill had received information that an incident might take place because it was the 13th. There were no gang-related problems Friday at Morgan Hill schools, police said.
“We did hear some comments that that may have had some play in it,” said Gilroy Police Sgt. John Sheedy.
