Teenage girl accused of assaulting Barnum H.S. classmate with box cutter
BARNUM, Minn. — A 14-year-old girl is in custody after she allegedly assaulted a classmate with a box cutter in Carlton County.
The county sheriff's office says the incident took place at Barnum High School shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Deputies were dispatched to the school after receiving a report that a student assaulted a classmate with a knife. The school was placed in a temporary lockdown.
When deputies arrived, they found a student and victim in the care of school staff, who had also recovered a box-cutting tool from the student. A 14-year-old female student was arrested and taken to a juvenile detention center in Duluth.
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The victim, a 16-year-old boy, was taken to the hospital by private vehicle for a laceration to the chest. They are expected to make a full recovery.
"The assault was an isolated incident and there is no additional danger to the Barnum students or community," the sheriff's office said in a release.
The investigation is ongoing.
