Altercation At Gardendale High School Prompts Investigation

GARDENDALE, AL - The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating an altercation at Gardendale High School between a male student and female student that resulted in the female being injured. Both students are 16 years old.

Just after 2 p.m. Wednesday, the School Resource Officer at Gardendale High School was notified by the principal that an altercation had occurred between two students that resulted in one of the students suffering a puncture wound to her leg.

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Deputies learned that a male and a female student had been arguing. The male student stabbed the female in the leg with a small pocket knife. He then fled the scene leaving the school. The School Resource Officer contacted the suspect’s mother and she returned him to the school. He was questioned by deputies and released to his mother pending juvenile court proceedings for Assault 2nd Degree.

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