SOMMERVILLE, Tenn. – Three people were arrested after a fight broke out during a kindergarten graduation at Buckley-Carpenter Elementary school.

Deputies were told that a fight happened on May 15, 2024, at Buckley Carpenter Elementary’s gym during the schools’ kindergarten graduation where hundreds of parents and schoolchildren were present.

The deputy said he saw a large group of adults fighting in the bleachers. One deputy was able to grab a woman, Tyeisha Humphreys, who was punching another person, identified as Kierra Smith, records show.

The report also reads that the deputy separated the women and placed Humphreys in a hallway, but she went back to fight Smith again in the gym with the other group. Humphreys was grabbed again and was detained and escorted outside the school.

It took several officers from different departments to break up the fight, records show.

Investigators spoke with Humphreys and she said she was sitting in the gym during the graduation when Smith smacked her and then caused a large fight to break out. She also told investigators that she grew up with Smith, and she has an order of protection against her.

Smith told investigators that Humphreys actually smacked her after she was speaking to a child.

Video obtained by law enforcement showed that Smith was seated in the bleachers and Humphreys entered the gym and sat behind Smith. Humphreys then moved up several rows from Smith when a child and their father, Freddie Springfield, came into the gym and sat next to another child and Smith, records show.

Investigators obtained video showing an argument between a child and Smith. The child then stood up and took an aggressive stance. Smith then stood up as well and that was when Humphreys came down the bleachers and hit Smith from behind.

Humphreys continued to attack Smith and a large fight ensued between 10-12 adults and children, records show.

Records also show that a man identified Dantavious Gilchrease was charged as well for an argument outside the school and telling a woman, Rhonda Humphreys, during the feud that he would shoot her in the face.

Humphreys was taken into custody for the violation of order of protection and inciting a riot as well as three counts of simple assault, records show

Several children were charged as well, records show.