Crime & Safety
Pepper Spray Fight In Brooklyn School Sends 27 To Hospitals, FDNY And Report Say
The fight occurred at PS 157, the Benjamin Franklin Health Science Academy, officials said.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Twenty-seven people were rushed from a Brooklyn public school to nearby hospitals after breathing some kind of irritant, according to the FDNY.
The incident occurred at PS 157 — or the Benjamin Franklin Health Science Academy — at 850 Kent Ave. around 8:10 a.m. Monday, said FDNY.
Emergency responders transported the hurt, all with minor injuries related to inhaling an irritant, said FDNY.
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The Daily News reported that two teenaged girls used pepper spray on their classmates during a fight with two other teenagers in the school cafeteria.
The two girls, aged 12 and 13, will be prosecuted as juveniles on charges of assault, menacing and possession of a weapon on school grounds, the Daily News reported.
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