At about 7:15 this morning, there was an incident at the high school involving two students that resulted in an injury to one of the students. Immediately following the incident, the students at both the middle school and the high school were placed on lock-down following procedures in which they had been trained.
The injured student was transported to the hospital where he is described as being conscious and alert as he undergoes treatment for possible internal injuries resulting from a single knife wound. The student believed to be the person responsible for the injury was taken into custody shortly following the incident. (The parents of both students have been notified and are caring for the needs of their children.)
As of 8:27 a.m., students have been released from lock-down and have been returned to their classes. Counselors will be available for students and staff for as long as is necessary. Students, staff, police and medical responders are to be commended for their quick and effective responses.
A press conference was held at 9:30 a.m. for the purpose of keeping informed all persons in need of this information. This web page will be updated for as long as it is deemed helpful.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:
Police said the weapon was a wood-handle kitchen knife with an 8-inch blade.
...From what authorities have learned, the boys were involved in a casual conversation at a table in a pod section at the north end of the school, about five minutes into the school day and before the start of classes. Ewald said that in an "unpredictable way" the suspect pulled the knife and stabbed the other boy in the back.
The victim was able to walk into a hallway after being stabbed and received help from a teacher, according to Ewald.
The suspect dropped the knife inside the school and was caught on camera fleeing the building. He was later arrested at his home by South Milwaukee police without incident, according to Lt. Cary Fischer.
"We knew he was no longer there," Ewald said. "Even though it was a terrible thing to have happened, the school was safe following the instance."
Ewald said the freshman boy is a high school swimmer. He said the junior is new to the high school this year but has not had any record of trouble.
"The student has no record with us where he created any kind of issue that could predict something like this," Ewald said.
This is a really strange incident.
The wood-handle kitchen knife with an 8-inch blade is an odd weapon to bring to school.
The circumstances of the attack, the freshman and the junior having a casual conversation, are unusual.
The account that the junior stabbed the boy in the back in an "unpredictable way" also paints a weird picture.
It appears the stabbing didn't occur during a physical fight between the two boys. Very strange.
Thankfully, the victim is "doing well" and the student responsible for the stabbing has been arrested.
________________
Video.
I would put money on it that is an open enrollment student ruining our good schools because theirs are already crap. Time to end open enrollment if you wan to go to our schools move here and let us show you how to act. I am sick and tired of outsiders. They don't pay our taxes but they are using our cops and schools.
ReplyDeleteWhoever posted the comment about the suspect possibly coming from open enrollment to South Milwaukee was not paying attention, apparently. The student was caught at his home NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL. On my map, that makes him a citizen of South Milwaukee. That is, unless the city's borders have been moved...
ReplyDeleteFrankly, as a former MPS student, I resent the fact that anyone would jump to assume that the cause surrounding the circumstances of the attack has anything to do with where the kid rests his head at night. Is it really so hard to believe that damaged children could have been spawned within your own community? *GASP*
The issues leading up to these kinds of public attacks are a nation-wide epidemic, not held in check by the magical property lines that some still seem to believe make them inferior to others.
Furthermore, even if the kid was bussed in from another community, I think it's very possible that this forced inferiority may have more to do with the increasing number of attacks our country has seen over the last few years. I don't know of anyone who would be content to be categorized based on their birthplace (or race or sex, for that matter). We may as well tell the public not to bother to improve upon themselves because they're only as good as the reputation that proceeds them. "Oh, you're from the big city? Well then, you may as well just escort yourself to county lock-up right now since we all know that's where you're going to end up anyhow..."