NEWS RELEASE
City of Takoma Park Police Department
• 7500 Maple Avenue • Takoma Park, Md 20912
Public Information Officer (PIO)
Catherine Plevy, 301/891.7142 or 240/338.2901
November 12, 2008 (8:03 a.m.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THIS IS A MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRESS RELEASE BEING FORWARDED BY TAKOMA PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police Investigate Altercation Between Two Students at Area High School
At approximately 9:18 on November 11, Montgomery County Police were notified about an incident that had occurred between two students at Montgomery Blair High School located at 51 University Boulevard East in Silver Spring.
The preliminary investigation by the 3rd District Investigative Section revealed that a 16-year-old male student and a 16-year-old female student known to one another were walking on the second floor of the school during a time when students change from one classroom to another. They were first engaged in a verbal altercation that escalated to a physical assault. The male student sustained a minor injury to his shoulder by an unconfirmed type of sharp-edged object. The male student was initially treated by the school nurse and then at an area hospital. He was released a short time later. The school enacted a Code Blue for approximately eight minutes to keep students in their classrooms while police investigated in the hallway where the incident occurred.
The female student fled from the school. She was quickly arrested on a Metro bus a short distance from the school by the police Educational Facilities Officer. She has now been charged as a juvenile with second-degree assault.
No other students were injured. The motivation for the argument remains under investigation. A knife (no further details available) has been recovered, but it has not yet been confirmed if that was the weapon used during the assault.
At this stage of the investigation there is no evidence that this incident is gang-related, or had any relation to the November 1, 2008, homicide of Montgomery Blair student Tai Lam.
The investigation is continuing.
Posted by Plevy at November 12, 2008 08:02 AM