(The following is a release from the Towamencin Township Police Department.)
The Towamencin Township Police Department is actively investigating a fight that occurred inside the cafeteria of the North Penn High School at noon on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Three juvenile females, all students at North Penn High School, participated in the fight, which lasted for approximately 32 seconds. School security personnel intervened and stopped the fight prior to police officers arriving on scene at the high school. One of the school security officers suffered a minor injury while breaking up the fight. All three of the student participants in the fight advised responding officers that they were not injured.
Two of the juvenile females involved in the fight were white, and the third juvenile female involved in the fight was black. There have been allegations made by a parent of one of the juveniles that the fight was a “hate crime” because it involved “a Black Muslim girl being jumped by two white girls.” These allegations were made via a social media post on the NoGunZone Instagram page. The post also included a video clip, recorded by the cell phone of another student who was in the cafeteria at the time of the fight. The video on the Instagram post was approximately 19 seconds in duration.
This incident is currently under investigation, and the North Penn School District is fully cooperating with the police department. The school district has provided the full video surveillance footage of the fight to the police department, and it is under review as part of the investigation. Investigators are still in the process of identifying witnesses, conducting interviews and gathering background information. No criminal charges have been filed at this time. If criminal charges are to be filed, it will only occur after the investigation has been completed and following consultation between investigators and the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
While we understand the sensitive nature of the allegations made in regard to this incident and the public’s desire for a resolution, we encourage all members of the community to remain patient while we conduct the investigation. We are working as quickly as possible, but we also have an obligation to ensure that a complete and thorough investigation occurs. Speculation does not serve anyone’s best interest in cases such as this, and we respectfully ask that all members of the community join us in not doing so. We will not put out any information until it is confirmed as being accurate and factual, and we will continue to post updates on the investigation as it progresses. These updates will be in the form of press releases distributed through our Facebook page and media outlets.
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