Fontana-Stabbing at Jurupa Hills High

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Teenage student is stabbed in the chest area during a fight at Jurupa Hills High School


The Fontana School Police Department reported that a 16-year-old student was stabbed in the chest during a fight at Jurupa Hills High School on Thursday.
Published: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:42 PM PDT
A 16-year-old student was stabbed in the chest area during a fight on the Jurupa Hills High School campus on Thursday morning, according to the Fontana Unified School District Police Department.

The victim sustained a 3-inch laceration with a 2.5-inch depth wound, police said. The laceration was near the victim's heart and the victim required surgery at a local hospital.

The incident began at 11:22 a.m., when a fight broke out on campus and a Fontana School Police officer responded to the fight. After reporting that the student had been stabbed, the officer located a suspect and took him into custody.

Additional Fontana School Police officers responded to the school to assist with crowd control and interviews. No other persons were involved, police said.

The unidentified suspect, a 14-year-old boy from Fontana, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon