3 Boys Arrested In Reported Weekend Stabbing Of Teen At Sonoma Co. School

SONOMA COUNTY, CA – Three juveniles were arrested Saturday evening on suspicion of stabbing an older teen at an elementary school near Santa Rosa, a Sonoma County sheriff's sergeant said.

The 18-year-old victim was stabbed in his arm and upper front torso. He is in stable condition at a hospital and is expected to recover, Sgt. Spencer Crum said.

The suspects, a 14-year-old boy and two 15-year-old boys, were helping set up a 2 p.m. Santa Rosa City Council candidates forum at the Roseland Accelerated Middle School that shares a campus with the Sheppard
Accelerated Elementary School in the 1700 block of West Avenue in the Roseland area near Santa Rosa, Crum said.

When they finished, the three boys went outside to play basketball where they encountered the older teen who was skateboarding, Crum said.

The teens got into an argument about gang-related issues and one of them stabbed the victim, Crum said. The suspects contacted an adult at the forum who drove the three suspects to a Food Maxx grocery store on Sebastopol Road, Crum said.

Sheriff's deputies arrested the three teens who were booked in Juvenile Hall for assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury and gang enhancements, Crum said.

Deputies found a pocketknife on school grounds that likely was the weapon, Crum said.

Deputies said they are withholding the suspects' names due to their ages, and the victim's name due to "the violent nature of the crime."

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--Bay City News contributed to this report/File photo