Student arrested after stabbing two teachers in Philly middle school
Student Arrested After Stabbing Two Teachers in Philly Middle School
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Police have taken an 11- year old boy into custody after he stabbed two teachers at a Philadelphia middle school on Tuesday, police said.
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Multiple police vehicles barricaded Castor Gardens Middle School on 1800 Cottman Avenue at 12:11 p.m. to apprehend the student and investigate the situation.
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Sources told police that the boy, who attends the school, took a kitchen knife out of his bookbag and stabbed a 63-year-old woman in the side and a 31-year-old woman in the arm. Both victims are teachers at the school.
“He took out the knife at some point,” Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said. “The students alerted the teachers. They moved to make sure no one was injured and they were injured. So they kept anyone else from being injured.
Police state that the student may have been experiencing developmental challenges, factoring into the students irrational behavior.
“It’s my understanding the student has some developmental issues,” Vanore said.
A bigger problem that remains with the parents and students of Castor Gardens Middle School: How was the student able to get the knife in the school?
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Nathan Cancel, 7th grader, spoke to NBC10 on the lack of effort from the school’s security to keep the school safe.
“The metal detectors go off and people don’t check the bags and stuff of the children that go through the metal detectors,” the student said.
Philadelphia School District spokesperson Monique Braxton addressed the security complaints.
“I know nothing about a lapse in security at Castor Gardens,” she said. “I can tell you that the student did arrive, did go through the metal detector and it did not pick up the knife. So that is going to be investigated by the Office of School Safety.
“The metal detectors are inspected regularly so that nothing like this happens, but from here, moving forward, the Office of School Safety will be examining more closely this metal detector.”
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