15-year-old arraigned in connection with McKinley High School stabbing
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — One student was arraigned in connection with a stabbing that left a 15-year-old student in serious condition Monday at McKinley High School, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced.
A 15-year-old male of Buffalo was arraigned Tuesday on one count of first-degree assault and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by persons under sixteen, officials said.
Buffalo police said at approximately 1:10 p.m., school resource and police officers responded to a stabbing call at the school, where an altercation between three students ended in one student suffering from multiple stab wounds, one in the neck, one in the back and one in the arm.
During a press conference Monday, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said the incident occurred during a fight on a stairwell between classes.
A school security guard arrived at the scene quickly and got the injured student to the nurse’s office for treatment before being transferred to Oishei Children’s Hospital by ambulance, according to officials.
Officers tracked the other two students allegedly involved in the altercation and apprehended both of them. A pocketknife was also recovered, police said, and they are unsure how it got into the school through McKinley’s weapons detection system.
Officials said the 15-year-old remains at the hospital in serious condition, but is expected to survive.
Gramaglia said the victim and two others involved in the incident are the same people who were involved in another stabbing in July, which occurred on Main Street around Fountain Plaza, he said.
The incident was captured on the school’s security cameras. Gramaglia said the investigation is ongoing as they review the footage.
Superintendent Dr. Tonja Williams said that school will “absolutely resume” on Tuesday.
The 15-year-old is scheduled to return to court Sept. 25. The DA’s Office requested that he be held without bail but he was released under supervision with an electronic ankle monitor.
“I am deeply disturbed by this violent act that occurred at McKinley High School,” said Acting Erie County District Attorney Mike Keane. “My office will be aggressively prosecuting this case in Youth Part. I hope that the arrest of this student sends a strong message to the young people in our community that there are serious consequences to engaging in violent, criminal behavior. Violence in our schools will not be tolerated.”
A temporary order of protection was issued on behalf of the victim.
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