Girl, 12, Stabs Boy, 13, Twice At Lookout Valley Middle High School

  • Thursday, January 29, 2015
photo by Brent McDonald (NewsChannel 9)

A female student stabbed a male student twice at Lookout Valley Middle High School on Thursday morning. It happened in a middle school classroom.

Sheriff Jim Hammond the students are seventh graders.The girl is 12 and the boy 13.

He said the boy was taken by ambulance and went into surgery after the mid-morning stabbing. He said the boy received a superficial wound to the neck and a more serious wound to the stomach. However, he said the boy was expected to recover.

The school went on lockdown after the incident.

The sheriff's office said law enforcement and other emergency responders were called to the school  at approximately 9:45 a.m.

Deputy Marie Willerson, who is assigned to Lookout Valley Middle/High School as the School Resource Officer (SRO), is handling the investigation with charges of attempted criminal homicide and carrying a weapon on school property being placed against the 12-year-old.


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