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Fallbrook High seniors brawl after prank, one hospitalized

Two Fallbrook Union High School seniors took to mutual combat, allegedly as a result of the senior prank that occurred on the high school campus on May 19.

According to Sgt. Patrick Yates of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, police were called on May 23 after Joshua Dixon, a 17-year-old senior at Fallbrook High, went to the hospital with injuries sustained in a fistfight with Samuel Comerford, another senior at Fallbrook High. Dixon's mother called authorities.

According to Yates, Dixon was the instigator of the fight, and he and Comerford, 18, texted each other prior to the incident.

"[Dixon], a juvenile, was upset at what happened, and they texted each other about the fight and agreed to meet at one of the culprit's addresses," said Yates.

In the text exchange, Dixon accused Comerford of being one of the pranksters who wrote racial slurs at Fallbrook High as part of a large scale prank, which is currently under investigation by the high school district and the district attorney's office.

"[Comerford] said it was not intended to be hateful," said Yates. "The response in text messages was that [Dixon] wanted to fight anyways."

In social media videos of the incident sent to The Village News, both individuals engaged in the fight, with blows stopping only when a father of one of the individuals broke up the fight, threatening to call police and physically remove the individuals from his property. Both individuals were tagged in the videos, with full names displayed on the video's page.

Traditionally, the district attorney's office does not file charges on mutually agreed fights, however, the information was sent to the district attorney's office to have them evaluate if there is enough information for a prosecution, said Yates.

Various social media videos were taken of the incident, and though they have been removed from public viewing, have been turned in as evidence to the district attorney's office.

"They will undergo a full investigation, and will determine if it meets the guidelines for prosecution, as well as who is determined to be the suspects," said Yates.

 

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