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Officers had to deploy Tasers to break up a fight involving several students at Chalmette High School on Friday.
Several students were involved in brawl at Chalmette High School on Friday morning, according to the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office.
Shortly before 11 a.m., the sheriff's office was called to assist a school resource officer on the second floor of the main campus.
According to Sheriff James Pohlmann, an SRO's taser was deployed and used to break up the melee.
Videos of the fight were posted on social media showing multiple students punching and kicking throughout the hallway. One video clearly shows the resource officer brandishing his weapon and then stunning students in an effort to stop the fight.
The officer could be overheard yelling, "Get down, get down on the ground" to the students involved in the melee.
Eight students were arrested and two teachers received minor injuries.