CINCINNATI -- Police say a mob of junior high and elementary school students punched and kicked a Cincinnati officer after he broke up a fight following a basketball game.
A police spokeswoman says a few of the students also grabbed at the officer's gun.
The officer had bruises and cuts from the melee that took place Tuesday night.
Police say the officer was walking two students back inside the school after a fight when one of them punched him. That's when up to 30 students began attacking the officer.
Charges against the students range from assault on a police officer to disorderly conduct.
Cincinnati school officials say most of the students involved were basketball players and that they have canceled the rest of the season for one of the schools.
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