Officials Release Report on Kilgore Pepper Spray Incident

KILGORE � The Kilgore College athletic director anticipated possible trouble before a Navarro basketball game last month that culminated in a pepper spray incident. That�s included in a report on the incident issued by Kilgore College police and obtained through our news partner KETK. The report says a female Navarro employee complained about the behavior of some Kilgore students, remained angry, and was joined in her rant by other Navarro fans. Later, says the report, Kilgore students began to aggravate the Navarro bench � and Navarro players soon became angry, making verbal threats towards Kilgore fans. Authorities say the pepper spray was used by police after a Navarro player verbally threatened authorities.

In review, KCPD listed the following items as areas of improvement:
-Remove disruptive fans or employees from the gym
-Move non-basketball coaching staff closer to athletes for better monitoring
-Place more police officers at athletic events involving strong rivals, including an off duty Kilgore police officer
-Install cameras in the gym