UPDATE: RCMP respond to stabbing at Bluefield High School in P.E.I.
HAMPSHIRE, P.E.I. — Police say an incident at a P.E.I. college the place an individual was stabbed is an remoted incident and the suspect was taken into custody with out incident.
The stabbing occurred after a combat broke out at Bluefield Excessive College on Oct. 27.
RCMP say a 17-year-old boy from Charlottetown has been arrested.
RCMP Sgt. Chris Gunn mentioned a number of police companies responded to a 911 name that got here from the varsity at 11:15 a.m.
“We responded to an incident at Bluefield Excessive College involving a number of males in a combat,’’ Gunn advised SaltWire Community. “One male acquired wounds from a knife.’’
Bluefield Excessive College is at the moment in a shelter in place scenario, college students are safely secured inside the varsity with the doorways locked. There was an incident exterior the varsity and RCMP are at the moment onsite. We are going to present an replace as soon as we now have extra data.
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When police arrived on the scene, they discovered a 16-year-old affected by stab wounds. Gunn mentioned the wounded male was transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown with non-life-threatening accidents.
Gunn wouldn’t touch upon whether or not one or each males had been college students at the highschool.
Gunn mentioned a number of police companies responded to the 911 name, together with Queens District RCMP’s main crime unit, the provincial precedence unit, the Okay-9 unit, Charlottetown Police Providers and a federal policing part.
Gunn mentioned the sufferer’s mother and father had been notified immediately and the a number of policing companies started a seek for the suspect.
The RCMP sergeant mentioned the suspect was apprehended a short while later with out incident.
“That is believed to be an remoted incident and there no additional hazard to the general public,’’ Gunn mentioned.
Through the incident, the highschool was put in lockdown.
Frantic mother and father began displaying up on the college to select up their youngsters.
One mom, who didn’t give her title, advised media that she was coming from the varsity when she noticed police cruisers racing by.
“I used to be right here giving my daughter eye drops and I noticed a police automotive going by so I figured there should be one thing happening,’’ the mom mentioned. “I simply had this intestine feeling so after I went again, positive sufficient, there have been two cop automobiles there. I knew one thing had occurred.
“Then, my daughter texted me and advised me what was happening so I advised her, ‘I’m coming again to get you out of faculty.’ I used to be scared and anxious all on the identical time.’’
The mom mentioned certainly one of her daughters was feeling a bit anxious following the incident whereas the opposite one was good.
Andrew Wilding, whose nieces go to the varsity, mentioned the incident shook up everyone.
“I used to be scared and stunned on the identical time,’’ Wilding mentioned, referring to his response when he acquired the information. “I used to be saying to myself that perhaps somebody was taking Halloween to the subsequent degree, as a joke.’’
An announcement at 1:50 p.m., that might be heard over the loud audio system exterior, mentioned college students had the choice of staying for pizza or going house.
The announcement additionally knowledgeable college students that buses can be departing the varsity on the ordinary time.
