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WITH A MORE POLITICAL PERSON.
LIVE IN MIDTOWN, HAZEL
SANCHEZ, CBS2 NEWS.
OTHER NEWS NOW.
A TEENAGER IS CHARGED WITH
STABBING A CLASSMATE OUTSIDE
OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NEW
ROCHELLE.
CBS 2'S MAGDALENA DORIS HAS
MORE NOW FROM PARENTS WHO ARE
WORRIED FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S
SAFETY.
MAGDALENA.
Reporter: MAURICE AND
KRISTINE, TONIGHT PARENTS ARE
ASKING THE QUESTION, HOW THIS
STUDENT GOT HIS HAND ON THE
WEAPON AND IF HE WAS ABLE TO
BRING IT INTO SCHOOL HERE THIS
MORNING.
PARENTS NERVOUSLY WAITED FOR
THEIR CHILDREN OUTSIDE OF THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON.
TRIED TO GET IT OUT OF HERE
TO THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE A LOT
OF STUFF GOING ON HERE.
Reporter: OTHERS WASTED NO
TIME THIS MORNING RUSHING TO
SCHOOL AND QUICKLY PULLING
THEIR CHILDREN OUT WHEN THEY
RECEIVED CALLS FOR HELP.
HE SAID SOMEBODY STABBED
ME.
THERE'S BLOOD.
PICK ME UP.
Reporter: TWO EIGHTH GRADE
BOYS A 13-YEAR-OLD AND 14-YEAR-
OLD PLANNED TO SETTLE AN
ARGUMENT BEFORE SCHOOL TODAY.
DURING THE FIGHT, THE 13-YEAR-
OLD ALLEGEDLY STABBED THE 14-
YEAR-OLD IN THE TORSO JUST OFF
SCHOOL GROUNDS.
I SOME KID LAYING DOWN
RIGHT HERE WITH A BLANKET ON,
TWO POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT NEXT
TO HIM. [ CRYING ]
Reporter: IN THIS ROBO CALL
TO PARENTS, THE PRINCIPAL
DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED.
ATTENDED AN OPEN MORNING
PROGRAM AFTER SCHOOL BUT LEFT
BEFORE THE SCHOOLDAY BEGAN.
THE ALTERCATION INVOLVED A
STABBING.
Reporter: A TROUBLING FACT
FOR PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND.
ONE OF THE STUDENTS MAY HAVE
BEEN ARMED WHILE INSIDE THE
BUILDING.
I GUESS HE BROUGHT IT FROM
THE DAY BEFORE?
MAYBE HE ALWAYS CARRIES IT
WITH HIM?
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY SHOULD BE PAYING MORE
ATTENTION.
Reporter: THE VICTIM
STABBED IN THE TORSO IS
EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.
HE WAS TAKEN TO JACOBI MEDICAL
CENTER IN THE BRONX.
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER
BROWN MADE THE CALL FOR HELP.
I RAN OVER THERE.
I RADIOED IN TO THE POLICE.
AND I APPLIED PRESSURE ALONG
WITH HER TO THE WOUND.
Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING, THE SCHOOL WAS ON
LOCKDOWN, WHICH WAS LIFTED
ONCE THE BUILDING WAS SECURE
AND THE SUSPECT, WHO WALKED
BACK INTO SCHOOL, WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY BY NEW ROCHELLE
YOUTH OFFICERS.
HE IS CHARGED AS A JUVENILE
WITH SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT AND
RELEASED INTO HIS MOTHER'S
CARE.
THAT 13-YEAR-OLD IS EXPECTED
BACK IN FAMILY COURT NEXT
WEEK.
AS FOR THE VICTIM, HE IS
RECOVERING AT JACOBI MEDICAL
CENTER.
HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.
NOW, WE REACHED OUT TO BOTH
THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VIOLENT
INCIDENTS WITHIN THIS SCHOOL
DISTRICT.