New York City Middle School Incident: 11-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Stabs 12-Year-Old Boy

An unsettling incident unfolded at a Bronx middle school on Monday when an 11-year-old girl allegedly stabbed a 12-year-old boy, police and sources have reported. This incident preceded another disturbance in a Queens school cafeteria involving pepper spray, which resulted in two students being hospitalized.

The stabbing took place shortly after 11 a.m. at IS 218, located on Gerard Avenue near East 167th Street in the Concourse neighborhood. According to authorities, the girl used a kitchen knife to cut the boy on his left arm.

The injured boy received medical attention at Lincoln Medical Center and is currently in stable condition. Law enforcement sources confirmed that the girl was taken into custody following the incident.

According to sources, the violent encounter between the two students was linked to a previous conflict that had escalated.

Concerns have been raised regarding the school’s security, as it lacks metal detectors and is staffed by only one school safety agent responsible for the safety of its 800 students.

The school does not have metal detectors installed, and only has one school safety agent for its 800 students, sources added.

Across the city, in an unrelated incident around 11:20 a.m., an 11-year-old student released pepper spray in the cafeteria of JHS 217 on 144th Street in Briarwood, police and sources said. 

About 100 students were having lunch in the room at the time, cops said.

Two 12-year-old students – one boy and one girl – were taken to the Elmhurst Hospital Center for treatment, cops said. 

Two students were taken into custody and the pepper spray was recovered, police said.

The school is part of a campus that has a student population of about 1,300, with only three school safety agents assigned, the sources said.