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Show Fight charges pending WOODS CROSS Charges may be brought against basketball fans involved in a series of altercations after the Woods Cross-Bountiful basketball game Feb. 15, a police investigator said. The incident occurred when the Woods Cross High School announcer completed his explanation of a controversial controver-sial call in the last seconds of the hotly contested game. A Bountiful parent allegedly shouted out a racial slur against the announcer. He and the announcer exchanged words, and witnessed said when the announcer left the stands to return to his seat, he was grabbed from behind by another Bountiful Boun-tiful fan. It was reported that the announcer turned and struck the fan, knocking him to the floor. ' 'I understand he (the injured fan) went to the hospital to be checked out later that night," Sgt. Clarence Montgomery of the Woods Cross Police Department, said. Over 40 law enforcement officers from several entities responded to the j incident. Montgomery investigation included interviews with j witnesses and examination of home video tapes of the alter- 1 cation. He expects to complete the investigation early next week. i i |