Crime & Safety
3rd Stabbing In A Week Involving New Rochelle HS Students
The high school is on lockout Thursday.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — After a third stabbing within the last week, New Rochelle High School is on lockout Thursday. A 16-year-old student was stabbed in the school Thursday, twice in his left torso, and a 15-year-old suspect was seen on video leaving the building.
The wounds are non-life-threatening, News 12 said.
On Wednesday, a 15-year-old student was at Gemelli Pizzeria which is near the school on North Avenue.
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He was ordering food and was stabbed on his hand, though police could not immediately ascertain how he received the injury, the Journal News said.
On Jan. 10, Valaree Schwab, 16, a New Rochelle High School student, was fatally stabbed twice in the Dunkin’ Donuts on North Avenue across from Iona College.
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Z’Inah Brown, 16, also a student at the high school, was arrested the next day and charged with second-degree murder.
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