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16-Year-Old Student Stabbed at Lynn Classical High School

The 17-year-old student believed to be responsible for the attack is charged with assault to murder, police said

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A 16-year-old student was stabbed at Lynn Classical High School in Lynn, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, according to police.

The student is expected to survive.

The incident was reported shortly after 10 a.m. at the school, located on O'Callaghan Way. Aerial footage showed numerous police officers and vehicles outside the building.

Police initially only said that they had officers on scene at the school for an investigation and were working to confirm exactly what happened.

Lynn fire officials said they also responded to the scene and transported one person to Salem Hospital.

Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson said in a statement posted to Facebook shortly after 11:30 a.m. that the stabbing victim was a student and their injuries were not life threatening. Police later said the victim was 16 years old and was stabbed in the back.

"We share our sympathies for the victim and his family and hope for a speedy recovery," Nicholson said in his statement.

Police said a 17-year-old male student believed to be responsible for the stabbing was taken into custody and is charged with assault to murder and carrying a dangerous weapon on school grounds. They said this is believed to be an isolated incident and there is no reason to believe there is any danger to other students at the school.

Nicholson said the school was placed in lockdown following the stabbing for everyone's safety.

"The School Department is in communication with the families of students at Classical," he said. "Our students’ safety is our top priority and violence on any level in our schools is unacceptable. We will work together to find out more about how this happened and prevent future occurrences."

Students said they were in lockdown for more than an hour as police took the suspect into custody. Parents rushed to the high school to pick up their kids late Wednesday morning, about an hour after the stabbing occurred.

One student told NBC10 Boston that he saw the victim right before he was stabbed, saying, "It’s crazy how these things can happen at any moment, you never know.”

Multiple students said the victim sent out a picture from their hospital bed with text reading "I am good" in Spanish.

One parent, with tears in her eyes, said her daughter was in homeroom, just feet away from the victim.

Students who have classes with the victim said they are waiting to learn more about the motive behind the stabbing. Meanwhile, students say the incident left them shocked, nervous and scared.

"Like I got goosebumps and everything,” one student said.

The names of the victim and the suspect have not been released at this time. An investigation is ongoing.

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