Girl stabs fellow student at Parkview Middle School
ARMONA — Deputies arrested a 13-year-old girl at Parkview Middle School on Wednesday for stabbing another student over a bag of chips, authorities said.
The girl later told investigators that a boy who had been bothering her snatched the chips out of her hand, refusing to give them back. She then pulled out a folding knife, flipped open then blade and plunged it into his back, Assistant Sheriff Dave Putnam said.
“She said it infuriated her,” Putnam said. “But she also said that she didn’t intend to cause the damage she did. She just meant to poke him with it.”
The victim went to Adventist Medical Center for treatment, then was transferred to a trauma unit at Fresno’s Community Regional Medical Center.
His condition could not be confirmed on Thursday, but the injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
The suspect was booked into the Kings County Juvenile Center on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Officials declined to release the names of the suspect and the victim due to their age.
Investigators recovered the knife and other evidence at the scene. Putnam said the knife had a blade well over 3 inches long.
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