Crime & Safety
Student Stabbed In Head On First Day Of School, Officials Say
A 17-year-old was stabbed in the head at the Automotive High School in Williamsburg on the first day of school, officials said.
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN -- A teen was stabbed in the head with a metal pick at a Williamsburg high school Wednesday morning, officials said.
A 17-year-old boy was attacked during a fight inside Automotive High School at 50 Bedford Ave. at about 8:45 a.m., said police and FDNY officials.
A school safety agent called 911 to report the teen had a metal pick coming out of his head and that the assailant was someone she knew, police said.
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Emergency responders rushed the teen, who was conscious and alert, to Bellevue Hospital, said police and the FDNY.
No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing.
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The attack occurred on the first day of classes for New York City public schools.
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