WESTERN SPRINGS, IL – A Lyons Township High School student was arrested last week after a fight at South Campus, Western Springs police said.

The student was charged with two counts of aggravated battery, police said.

The serious charges were because the offense was committed on school grounds and included the use of “a blunt object, causing bodily harm,” a police spokeswoman told Patch in an email.

Police responded to the fight about 2:30 p.m. March 17. The village declined to provide the youth’s age, hometown and gender.

Patch reviewed a 58-second video of the altercation, which appeared to involve at least three girls. It occurred in a large hallway between two stairwells.

The girls moved the fight to different areas of the hallway, falling to the ground a couple of times. At one point, a girl could be heard saying, “You’re harassing me?”

Dozens of classmates, many of them cheering, watched from the hall and stairwells. Near the end of the footage, two female staff members stopped the fight.

Patch is not posting the video because it involves juveniles.

Later that day, Principal Jen Tyrrell issued a public statement about the “physical altercation.” She said the school notified the police.

“We understand that situations like this can cause concern, and we are following appropriate protocols to address the situation and support those involved,” the principal said.

On May 1, 2023, an attack just outside North Campus left a student severely injured. The school is being sued.

In August 2022, the school settled for $140,000 with the family of a 14-year-old girl who was attacked a few months earlier in a hallway at South Campus.

Western Springs’ decision to keep the age, hometown and gender of the suspect under wraps is a departure from its past practice.

Three years ago, Western Springs released information about its charges against four 16-year-old boys who were cited on disorderly conduct charges. The boys, whose hometowns were listed, were accused of throwing eggs out the window when they crashed into a tree.

In December, Western Springs reported the arrest of a 15-year-old La Grange boy who police said was found with a loaded .22-caliber gun at the Garden Market shopping center. He was with three other youths.