SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a student was stabbed at Encina Preparatory High School Tuesday.
The sheriff's office said a female student stabbed another female student just after 10 a.m. The student who was stabbed was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Encina Preparatory High School and Katherine Johnson Middle School sent out an email to parents and families that said the schools are in a precautionary shelter-in-place due to the incident on campus.
School officials said students were dismissed at each school’s scheduled end times. For Katherine Johnson it was 11:30 a.m. and for Encina Preparatory High School it was 1:40 p.m.
In an update, the sheriff's office said the suspect and victim had a prior fight at Encina High School on May 2 where the suspect stabbed the victim.
A spokesperson for the sheriff's office said the the suspect went to Juvenile Hall, paid restitution, was placed on probation and was expelled from the school.
Tuesday's attack happened when the suspect was out of custody and went to the campus, found the victim in the hallway and stabbed her multiple times with a knife before being disarmed by staff and restrained.
According to deputies, the victim was treated for five non-life-threatening stab wounds and the suspect was taken to Juvenile Hall.
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