3 Teenager turns himself in after school slashing
QUEENS WEEKLY, DEC. 16, 2018
BY JENNA BAGCAL
Police sources confirmed
Wednesday that
a 15-year-old boy is now
in custody on assault
and weapons possession
charges after slashing a
fellow student at Benjamin
Cardozo High School
in Bayside on Tuesday
morning — and causing
a 2 1/2 hour lockdown of
the campus that alarmed
students, parents and
staff alike.
Police sources told
TimesLedger on Dec. 12
that the suspect — whose
identity was withheld due
to his age — turned himself
in on the afternoon
of Dec. 11 at the 111th
Precinct‘s stationhouse
in Bayside.
Law enforcement
sources said that the attack
occurred at about
8:48 a.m. Tuesday morning
when the 15-year-old
suspect confronted the
14-year-old male victim
inside of the high school
at 57-00 223rd St. The
perpetrator engaged in
a verbal dispute with the
victim, authorities said,
before slashing him in
the head with an “unknown
sharp weapon.”
The student was taken
to a nearby hospital and
is being treated for nonlife
threatening injuries.
The school promptly went
on lockdown as police investigated
the assault.
The lockdown lasted
in excess of 2 1/2 hours.
Students who were arriving
for later classes could
not get inside the building
due to the lockdown,
but were allowed to get in
at about 11:40 a.m.
According to a source
affiliated with the school,
a ninth-grade student was
stabbed by the suspect.
The source alleged that
the assailant may have
been accompanied by two
other students.
After the incident, the
victim ran down to the
lunch room gushing blood,
according to the source,
before heading to the
school’s emergency room.
The source said that
the incident was caught
on camera and that authorities
knew the identity
of the suspect, who
had fled the school and
headed in the direction of
Springfield Boulevard.
Photos and videos of
the incident posted by
students were circulated
on social media.
“Nobody is going to do
anything to me. I’m not
going to do anything to
them. So yeah, I feel safe,”
said one of the locked out
students, who declined to
give his name.
Meanwhile, one parent
of a 15-year-old daughter
arrived at the scene and
expressed anxiety over
the situation.
“I’m nervous, scared
for my kid,” said the
mother, who also declined
to give her name.
Erica Diaz, who waited
outside the school for
about an hour for her
siblings, said that “it’s
not the first time something
has happened in
the school.”
She added, “I don’t understand
why there hasn’t
been metal detectors or
anything of that sort added
to the school, considering
that there’s been bomb
threats here and now
there’s a stabbing.”
A Cardozo school official
addressed parents
and the press at around
11 a.m. Tuesday and said
that the lockdown would
soon be lifted.
“We’re currently in a
lockdown only because
we want to ensure that
the building is clean and
safe for our students and
staff, and shortly, the
lockdown will be lifted,”
the official said. “I’m
only sent out here to discuss
this with the parents
to ensure that the
students are safe. We’re
just doing this as a safety
precaution.”
The official declined
to provide further details
about the incident.
Zach Gewelb, Mark
Hallum and Robert Pozarycki
contributed to this
report.
Police officers walk outside Benjamin Cardozo High School
during the lockdown. Photo by Mark Hallum
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