The Metropolitan Police Department responded early Sunday morning to a fight that broke out near St. Mary’s Hall, leading to the arrest of two Georgetown students, while several other students were injured.

Charity Wollensack (MSB ’09) said that as she and other Georgetown students were returning to campus from a party in Burleith, a car passed them on the driveway between Reservoir Road and St. Mary’s.

Wollensack said that a passenger in the car threw a bottle out the window and yelled as the car drove out of sight. Several students in her party ran after the vehicle. Fifteen people who appeared to be college-aged then came from where the car had driven and approached Wollensack and her friends, at which point she said a fight broke out involving five or six people.

Vice President of University Safety Dave Morrell said that MPD responded quickly to the scene. Department of Public Safety officers, who also responded to the incident, were not hurt in the confrontation, he said.

After MPD officers broke up the initial skirmish, Wollensack said that a person who she did not believe to be a Georgetown student became angry and started cursing. She said another struggle then broke out, and as Wollensack attempted to end the fight, an PD officer threw her to the ground and handcuffed her, placing her under arrest.

She said she was the only person escorted to the Second District police department.

“I think I was just the first person he saw when he approached us,” Wollensack said. “It’s completely ridiculous because there were two parties involved in the fight.”

Wollensack said she was detained at the Second District from approximately 2 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

Andrew Solberg, commander of the MPD Second District, said that Georgetown and Howard University students were believed to be involved in the fight.

Natasha Midgley (COL ’09), a friend of Wollensack’s, said that she and George Washington University sophomore Joshua Barclay were arrested when they and other students came to the Second District station at around 3 a.m. to check on Wollensack’s status.

Midgley was informed by MPD that two males arrived outside the Second District building and yelled at the taxi driver who had brought her and the other students to the station.

According to Midgley, one of the men punched Barclay when he attempted to intervene. She said that she and Barclay each received a fine of $35 and were released around noon Sunday.

According to the Second District arrest book’s records for that night, Wollensack and Barclay were charged with affrays and disorderly fighting. Midgley was taken in for disorderly, loud and boisterous conduct.

Morrell said that DPS is investigating the altercation and the events that led up to it.

“It’s too premature,” Morrell said. “We need to let the investigation run its course.”

According to DPS Director Darryl Harrison, there were a number of non-serious student injuries stemming from the initial fight near St. Mary’s, which were treated on the scene.

One student involved in the melee, who declined to speak publicly, said she was thrown on the ground by an officer during the altercation on campus.

GERMS Public Relations Officer Alicia Nelson (COL ’08) said that GERMS responded to a call in the area and treated two patients.

In September, three DPS officers were injured – including Officer Timothy Desmond, who was struck with a blunt object – in a fight that took place on the walkway between Henle Village and Red Square. Several students said that an altercation between Georgetown and Howard students sparked the conflict.

Morrell and Harrison said that they do not believe the two incidents are related.

“At this point, there is no reason to believe that’s the case,” Morrell said.