«Breaking News» Snowball fight descends into chaos: Police fire paintball guns at students

Footage has emerged of police officer firing pepper spray bombs into a crowd of students during after a gathering in the snow descended into chaos.

The video, which was posted on Youtube, depicts police officers near a salt truck using modified paintball guns to blast the pepper spray at West Virginia University students crowded around a few houses on North Spruce Street. 

Police said the crowd were consuming alcohol openly, sledding, snowboarding and blocking the roadway, CBS Pittsburgh reports.

School officials told the crowd to move so snow plows and salt trucks could get down the street, and Morgantown Police officers tried to escort a plow down the street in order to get pedestrians off the road.

 'We had winter sports activities that turned into criminal behavior and violence," Preston told the Athenaeum. 'They started attacking city workers as they plowed the streets.'

Three police officers deployed pepper ball munitions into a crowd of students in Spruce Street 

Several hundred students had gathered for a snow-fight and then  refused instructions by police to disperse 

Police say three officers deployed pepper ball munitions, targeting the building above the people throwing projectiles so the balls would disintegrate on the building and the powder would fall onto the crowd.

They say the officers were trying to cover the retreat of other workers and officers in the area.

According to police, the incident was declared a riot around 3.50pm and officers ordered the crowd to disperse.

When the crowd failed to do so, officers issued a second notice to disperse, but the crowd again refused.

Police say officers then deployed a Long-Range Acoustic Device, which is a directional loud speaker that emits a 'steady annoying noise.'

At that time, some members of the crowd set a fire with debris in the middle of the street.

Officers deployed the Long-Range Acoustic Device in a different direction and a large portion of the crowd began to disperse.

One student seen in the video performs the 'hands-up' gesture while standing behind a pair of officers.

Two smoke grenade rounds were then fired on the street. The remaining crowd dispersed at that time.

WVU University Relations/Communications Director of News April Kaull said the escalation began when several hundred students instructions to disperse and began tossing glass bottles and other debris toward officers.

A statement posted on Twitter from April Kaull read: 'It is unfortunate that what began today on Spruce Street as a playful time in the snow turned into a dangerous and threatening situation for students and law enforcement officers alike.

'The escalation apparently began when the several hundred students and others who had gathered refused reasonable instructions to disperse and began tossing glass bottles and other debris toward officers, resulting in law enforcement taking action.' 

One student tweeted an image of one of the officers with a device deploying pepper ball munitions

The officers are seen firing straight ahead and then to the right as the crowd watches them 

The crowd of students can be seen crouching down as the police officers fire at them 

Morgantown Mayor Bill Kawecki told The Morgantown News that he is unsure what started the incident.

 But he said a mattress or some other object was set on fire, and bottles and beer cans were thrown at workers as they responded. 

'The situation then escalated to the point that law enforcement had to become involved, according to the mayor.

'Students got a little too jovial, and I’m afraid got carried away.

'It’s unfortunate that they couldn’t simply enjoy the snow without turning it into some circumstance where people were in danger.  

West Virginia University later tweeted a statement about the incident and said it will review the video footage 

'As near as I can tell, the university isn’t taking it very well, either.'

University officials plan to review videos of the incident to determine if any charges should be filed.

'We remind our students that our actions should represent our Mountaineer values,'the WVU statement added. 

'Behave responsibly, be accountable and please comply with police, who want to keep our campus, city and all of our first responders safe through this weather.' 

WVU classes have been canceled since Wednesday afternoon because of the polar vortex that engulfed much of the United States, sending wind-chill temperatures plunging to 25 degrees below zero in some locations.

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