1 pleads guilty to rioting in AHS fight
Published 10:01 am Sunday, December 20, 2015
Odell Dorrea McCullough, 27, was charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and second-degree rioting with a dangerous weapon — both felonies. He pleaded not guilty to both charges Oct. 1, and changed his plea Friday to guilty of second-degree rioting with a dangerous weapon.
Angel Alicia McCullough, 30, and Willie J.M. Brunt, 27, were both charged with felony second-degree rioting with a dangerous weapon and misdemeanor assault with a dangerous weapon in the incident.
The fight broke out around 3:15 p.m. outside the high school doors and continued in the gym lobby, including dozens of people brawling in the street outside the high school and repeated acts of violence, while onlookers took video and encouraged the participants to fight, according to court documents.
An investigation found the fight may have stemmed from a prior fight between high school girls, which resulted in the three adults gathering and the eventual “riot.”
The adults charged were related to or friends of one of the high school students involved. Brunt is Angel’s boyfriend, and the McCulloughs are brother and sister, according to court records.
An Austin police officer patrolling the south side of the school heard and saw the fight break out, reportedly saw a female dragging two students by the hair and grabbed her and held her against the lobby door, but he was then struck on the head by an unknown subject. The officer observed two people injured — one unresponsive and bleeding from the head, and a second dazed on his knees.
The officer heard students scream, “He has a gun,” and saw students pointing at Odell, who was seen with a black shiny object as he ran from officers to the north, which ended up being nunchuks, and Odell was apprehended at gunpoint. No gun was ever found.
Odell was caught on video striking people with nunchuks, while Angel was shown dragging a female student by the hair and punching her, and Brunt was seen punching several students, according to the complaint.
Odell is scheduled to be sentenced March 17, 2016.
