Two Students Stabbed Or Cut At Annapolis High School After Several Fights Break Out, Seven Juveniles Arrested

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Chaos astatine Annapolis High aft 2 students were either stabbed oregon chopped aft respective fights broke retired wrong the school.

A full of 7 students person been arrested, and that includes 1 of the students who was taken to the hospital.

One was charged attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, second-degree assault, disrupting schoolhouse activities, bringing a deadly limb connected schoolhouse property, and concealing a deadly limb with intent to injure.

Another, who had a weapon but did not usage it during the fight, was charged with trespassing, brining a deadly limb connected schoolhouse property, second-degree assault, affray, disorderly behaviour and disrupting schoolhouse activities.

The remaining 5 were charged with second-degree assault, affray, disorderly behaviour and disrupting schoolhouse activities.

All after-school activities were canceled contiguous and further officers remained connected schoolhouse spot each day.

Anne Arundel County constabulary said it was 2 assets officers wrong the schoolhouse who helped to interruption up a fight. That’s erstwhile they realized a pupil had a knife.

“The officers were capable to precise rapidly disarm that taxable and instrumentality him into custody,” Lt. Jacklyn Davis of the Anne Arundel County Police Department said. “That’s erstwhile they noticed determination were 2 juvenile males that had been chopped oregon stabbed by a knife.”

Officials bash not judge this was gang-related, but it’s imaginable the fights whitethorn person been a spill-over disagreement from respective days ago.

Students told america the hostility has been building.

“Basically there’s been a batch of fights and it’s getting retired of control,” said 10th grader Emerson Ponce.

The panic successful the hallways forced leaders to enactment the schoolhouse connected lockdown arsenic they worked to power the situation. Some students who showed up aboriginal had to hold to get in.

“Some of my friends wrong the gathering were Snapchatting maine pictures nether the desk,” said 1 student.

And parents who wanted wanted to prime up their kids besides had to wait.

Fights person been reported astatine immoderate Anne Arundel County schools successful caller days. A pupil shared video with WJZ.

“It does marque you interest due to the fact that I don’t wanna person to not travel to schoolhouse anymore, truthful I’m conscionable hoping for the best,” 1 pupil said.

The superintendent of schools said it’s unfortunate the archetypal fewer weeks backmost person resorted to this.

“I request the assistance of the assemblage to wrapper their arms astir your students and our families truthful that our students cognize however to amended negociate their emotions and they don’t instrumentality these sorts of things retired successful unit against each other,” said Dr. George Arlotto.

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Officials said much arrests could come.