A 17-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after a stabbing inside a northeast Calgary high school Wednesday morning, police said.
Calgary Police Service officers were called to Bishop McNally High School, located at 5700 Falconridge Boulevard N.E., just before 11 a.m. and told Global News the victim was in critical condition. In a later news release, police clarified that the boy was in stable, non-life-threatening condition, which echoed what EMS said.
The school was locked down as police searched the area for suspects. The lockdown was lifted just after 12:30 p.m.
Police charged a 15-year-old youth with assault with a weapon. The suspect cannot be named due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The Calgary Catholic School District informed parents of the incident by email. In a written statement, the CCSD said all other students and staff were safe.
Early Wednesday afternoon, CPS, EMS and senior administration were at the school responding to the incident, and the school board had a critical incident team working closely with the school community.
Gina Sanchez’s daughter is in Grade 10 at the school. She said her daughter called her while she was at work to tell her what happened.
“It scared me a little bit,” Sanchez said. “When my daughter said that she was OK and everything has been taken care of, I was feeling better after she told me about that.”
– With files from Kaylen Small