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DURHAM – An altercation interrupted a town hall meeting on national health care reform Thursday night in Durham.

U.S. Rep. David Price, D-North Carolina, was the guest at N.C. Central's auditorium, where about 800 showed up to hear more on the topic.

About an hour into the town hall, a scuffle broke out in the back rows of the balcony. A man, who declined to be identified, said another man punched him in the face. Police did escort a man out of the building. The victim said he plans to press charges.

In addition to the crowd inside, another 200 people outside were unable to get in.

Tensions ran high on both sides of the meeting.

"I think it's important to keep the free market going and to not let the government take over – what is it?, one-seventh of our economy is health care-related?" opponent Donna Gregory said.

"I would definitely go with health care reform because I'm tired of my insurance premiums going up, but yet my care is going down," supporter Jennifer Evans said.