Overview
- The stabbing occurred around 11 a.m. inside I.S. 218 on Gerard Avenue in the Bronx, where a 12-year-old boy was wounded in the arm and taken to Lincoln Medical Center in stable condition.
- Police took the 11-year-old girl into custody, and the Department of Education said EMS and NYPD responded quickly and that counseling is being provided.
- About 20 minutes later at JHS 217 in Briarwood, Queens, an unrelated release of pepper spray in a cafeteria led to two 12-year-old students being treated at Elmhurst Hospital Center.
- Police said two students were taken into custody in the Queens incident and the pepper spray was recovered, with roughly 100 students present during lunch.
- Sources reported I.S. 218 lacks metal detectors and has one school safety agent for roughly 800 students, and the Queens campus houses about 1,300 students with three agents.