Cops: Teen Stabbed With Scissors Inside Philadelphia Elementary School
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Police are investigating after a 14-year-old girl was stabbed with scissors inside of a Philadelphia school.
Authorities say police and medic units were called to Jay Cooke Elementary school just before 9 a.m. Wednesday.
According to the school district, a fight broke out between the two girls in a third floor hallway. One girl grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed the victim multiple times.
Police say the girl was stabbed in the upper chest and arm.
Fernando Gallard with the Philadelphia School District says, "I can confirm these students know each other and they have had a dispute before."
The dispute had lasted several weeks, though it is unclear if that is what this fight was about.
"After the incident the police were called and they detained the student that stabbed the other student, and right now we are in the midst of conducting an investigation to see what occurred."
The school was placed on lockdown, but notifications to guardians took about two hours.
"We found out from the news today. Teachers didn't call, nobody called. It's crazy," says Kiara Thomas, a parent who rushed to the school before being informed directly of the incident.
The stabbing suspect's aunt, Tiara Levitt, explained the situation to family and Eyewitness News on Wednesday afternoon. "She's a little girl, she doesn't know anything," Levitt said. She also explained what the fight was over saying "it was over he said, she said, I dig this boy, female stuff, I'm more popular than you. Regular school stuff that goes on in this year for some reason."
"Things obviously got too heated and they lost control," said Philadelphia Police Captain Ben Naish. "They had some kind of disputes going on between each other some time. It just kind of boiled over."
Police say the victim is in stable condition. No other students were injured. Charges are expected for the accused attacker and the suspect is expected to be charged as a juvenile.
