ECU police arrest 1 during snowball melee

GREENVILLE — Campus police at East Carolina University say they used pepper spray on some students as officers tried to control a huge snowball fight on the Greenville campus.

The Daily Reflector of Greenville reports Thursday that police were called to a dormitory three times Wednesday as hundreds of students pelted each other with snow. A rare snowstorm had dropped several inches of snow in eastern North Carolina the day before.

Police said an officer used pepper spray on a group of students that rushed officers trying to make an arrest.

Junior Brandon Davis said “it all started in good nature, but then people were throwing them as hard as they could at each other.” Junior Matt Lunchick said an officer chased a student
after being hit with a snowball in the back.

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