Fairfax Co. high school student accused of stabbing another student in bathroom

A Fairfax County, Virginia, high school student is in custody after allegedly stabbing another student inside a school bathroom, Fairfax County police Chief Kevin Davis said Wednesday.

Davis said the incident, during which a 15-year-old student was stabbed by another student, occurred at Mount Vernon High School.



The victim has non-life threatening injuries, Davis said.

In a letter to families, school Principal JoVon Rogers said the student responsible for the stabbing initially left the building after the incident.

The suspect is now in custody, Davis said.

 

Thomas Robertson

Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.

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