Man hit in head with sledgehammer during fight at NC youth football game

Police are investigating a fight between multiple people at a youth football game Saturday morning.

Officers were called around 11:14 a.m. Saturday to Glenn High School at 1600 Union Cross Road on a report of multiple people fighting at the game.

They found several people still arguing and fighting upon arrival. Police said while officers responded, they received additional calls stating some people had guns and another person was hitting people with a sledgehammer on the field.

According to police, the crowd had to be separated by people from teams competing and multiple officers.

Police said the game involved 6-year-old players and none of the children were reported to be involved or injured. Officers found one man with a head injury from being hit by a hammer. He was taken to the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury for treatment. Several other adults had minor cuts and scrapes from the fighting.

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