Hunter
10/12/22
A Center Point-Urbana High School student has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a fellow student while the two were attending an evening Driver’s Ed Class on Monday.
The Gazette reports that a verbal altercation broke out between the two boys, aged 15 and 16. During a break in the class, the 16-year-old stabbed the 15-year-old with a small knife. They reportedly went back into class together and notified the teacher, who called 911.
The release from Vinton Police indicates that when they arrived on scene, the boy who inflicted the wound was assisting the victim. The injured boy was in stable condition as of Tuesday morning.
A release from the Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District says it was an isolated incident between two peers who knew each other, and there were no threats of harm to other students or staff.
The boy was taken to a juvenile detention center and could face up to ten years in prison on a charge of willful injury causing serious injury.