Police make myriad arrests after fight erupts at a club

Clarification
A Sept. 28 article stated that Hunter Mcnair Jackson was arrested "at the scene" of an altercation. Jackson was arrested immediately after the altercation while walking down Rosemary Street.

Correction

Due to a reporting error, the Sept. 28 article "Police make myriad arrests after fight erupts at a club" states that UNC student Hunter Mcnair Jackson was arrested at the scene of an altercation that took place at the Treehouse.

Jackson was arrested at least 30 minutes before the altercation at the corner of Rosemary and Church streets.

Chapel Hill police made almost a dozen arrests early Sunday morning at Alley Oops Treehouse, a nightclub located at 157 E. Rosemary St., after a fight broke out among some of the club's patrons.

Two men who were arrested during the fracas are University students.

Police responded to the scene at about midnight after the eruption of a fight that took place inside the nightclub, according to police reports.

The fight continued outside the club on Rosemary Street, reports state.

Police arrested Sean Edward Eaton, 26, and charged him with breaking a bottle over another man's head, reports state.

Eaton was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, according to reports.

The victim in the incident, Rahsaan Shabezz Foushee, 32, had cuts all over his face and hands as a result of the attack, reports state.

According to reports, Foushee later was arrested after he tried to attack Eaton while Eaton was being detained by police.

Foushee was charged with being intoxicated and disruptive as well as interfering with police business, reports state.

According to reports, dozens of people gathered around the scene as police attempted to calm the situation.

"It was just a mess," Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said.

In the midst of the fray, police arrested others who were present at the scene.

Damian Jamal Russell, 27, was arrested and charged with one count of carrying a concealed weapon and one count of possession of marijuana, according to reports.

Police found a gun and a small amount of marijuana on Russell's person, reports state.

Antwan Angelo Russell, 23, was arrested and charged with being armed to the terror of the people after displaying a gun in a large crowd, according to reports.

Kevin Antuan Cruz, 19, was apprehended by police and charged with resisting arrest after trying to flee the scene.

According to police reports, Hunter Mcnair Jackson, 21, a senior business major at the University, was arrested at the scene and charged with possessing an open container of alcohol in public.

Alexander Thomas Jenkins, 21, a senior mathematical sciences major at the University, was arrested in a parking lot outside Treehouse after smashing a glass bottle on the ground in view of officers, according to police reports.

He was charged with littering, reports state.

Each of the arrested men was brought before the magistrate and was released on written promise to appear in Hillsborough District Court.

Their appearances all are scheduled to take place during the next two weeks.

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