New York high school lacrosse hazing 'could have been catastrophic': DA

Onondaga County, New York, District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick joined "Fox and Friends" connected Thursday to sermon a hazing lawsuit by a Syracuse precocious schoolhouse lacrosse squad that has made nationalist headlines. 

"If a sheriff's lawman oregon a authorities constabulary serviceman had travel upon the country and saw 4 equipped men each dressed successful camouflage and acheronian covering abducting a young man, it could person been catastrophic," Fitzpatrick told "Fox and Friends" big Lawrence Jones. 

Eleven Westhill High School lacrosse players turned themselves successful to the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department connected Wednesday and volition look misdemeanor unlawful imprisonment charges stemming from a heinous enactment of hazing that allegedly progressive kidnapping a younger teammate astatine gunpoint, putting a pillowcase implicit his head, binding him up and stuffing him successful the trunk of a vehicle. 

Westhill High School diversion installation bleachers. (WTVH)

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"Weapons could person been drawn, and shots could person been administered to the kids," Fitzpatrick said. "It could person been an implicit disaster." 

He told "Fox and Friends" that aft further investigation, the weapon utilized successful the incidental appears to person had a agleam reddish oregon orangish tip, and was apt fake.

Four of the 11 suspects are 18 years aged and volition look their charges successful section justness courts that grip insignificant transgression matters, portion the others volition beryllium taxable to proceedings successful juvenile courts, according to Fitzpatrick. 

Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick connected "Fox and Friends." (Fox News)

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However, nary volition person transgression records aft their cases are adjudicated, nether a woody the territory lawyer offered during a stern property league connected Tuesday. If they crook themselves in, Fitzpatrick said during the property conference, they would look the misdemeanor charges. If not, they would each beryllium tried arsenic adults connected felony kidnapping charges. 

"In immoderate event, nary of the 11 — if they leap done the hoops that the tribunal mandates — volition upwind up with transgression records, which I deliberation is fair, contempt the idiocy of what they did," Fitzpatrick told Jones. 

Jones asked Fitzpatrick however the incidental had travel to his attraction successful the archetypal place. 

"Some of these geniuses posted this connected societal media successful immoderate misguided effort to impressment their friends, and we show that benignant of thing," helium said. "The sheriff's bureau became alert of that and past notified my office, and we started an investigation." 

Westhill High School successful New York, wherever lacrosse players were accused of hazing. (Westhill Central School District)

Westhill Central School District Superintendent Stephen Dunham released a connection Wednesday. 

"This is an incredibly superior situation, and the District continues to cooperate afloat with the District Attorney and the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department. Because this is an ongoing investigation, we are not capable to supply further remark astatine this time," Durham said. 

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"What I tin share, arsenic Superintendent, is that immoderate behaviour that endangers the carnal safety, intelligence wellness oregon well-being of our students volition ever beryllium addressed promptly and successful accordance with our Code of Conduct. We stay committed to addressing superior issues straight and thoughtfully, and we volition marque the decisions indispensable to uphold the values of our schoolhouse community."