The college’s principal stated the scholar was taken to the hospital after being stabbed. Particulars surrounding the assault are unclear.
HOUSTON — A highschool scholar was stabbed in a highschool restroom within the Cypress space Wednesday morning.
Principal Dr. Cheryl T. Henry stated a Cypress Springs Excessive College scholar was stabbed and brought to the hospital. In a letter to folks, she stated the “suspect fled the campus after the incident and was then situated and brought into custody by the Cypress-Fairbanks Police Division.”
A knife was confiscated by police, Henry stated. It was not clear if the suspect was linked with the college, however Henry requested mother and father to overview with college students objects which are prohibited on campus, like all type of weapon.
Following the incident, the campus entered a safety protocol that prevented college students from leaving or coming into campus. The safety protocol was lifted at 1 p.m. All different college students and employees had been secure.
Video confirmed a number of ambulances at the highschool. An individual on a stretcher was wheeled out of the college.
In December, a scholar stabbed one other scholar with scissors on the identical highschool.
Cypress Springs Excessive College is on Fry Highway south of Longenbaugh Highway.
This is the complete assertion from CFISD:
“A Cypress Springs Excessive College scholar was injured this morning and transported to a neighborhood hospital. The campus is presently in “safe the constructing”, which implies nobody is available in or goes out, whereas campus and district police examine the incident. All Cypress Springs college students and employees are secure.”
Group reacts
Terica Whitfield is a Cy-Honest ISD father or mother. She was exterior the district constructing for a press convention hosted by activist Dr. Candice Matthews.
“That was terrifying for me, so I am certain that, you recognize, this particular person was very terrified for his or her youngsters,” Whitfield stated.
“The issues I used to be getting from the mother and father at the moment is we don’t pay our tax {dollars} for our college students to go to high school to get stabbed,” Matthews stated. “How does a toddler even come to high school with a knife?”
