Fight At Muskogee School Sends Student To Hospital

A Muskogee teenager is in police custody and another is in the hospital after the boys got into a fight inside a science lab.

The attack sent the 8th and 9th Grade Academy at Alice Robertson on lockdown.

Muscogee Lighthorse police said one of the boys was stabbed and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

Muskogee Public Schools Superintendent Jarod Mendenhall describes a hectic scene after the fight, which was kept under control by school staff.

He said there were two teachers inside the classroom.

As soon as they realized something had happened, they rushed into action, alongside the school nurse to help the injured student.

"The classroom teacher immediately, the student got up and ran out of the room and the teacher, one of the teachers followed him and went down to the nurse. The nurse was able to keep him calm and check the wound that he had," he said.

Muscogee Lighthorse Police have taken over the investigation.

They said one student stabbed the other with something while in a science lab at school.

Mendenhall said shortly after the attack, campus police and other staff locked down the school and made sure the rest of the class was safe.

“Made sure all of the students were taken out of there. The student that actually was the perpetrator actually was the one that we actually left in the room and our campus police actually apprehended him," Mendenhall said.

He said what led up to the attack is still under investigation and that councilors will be available to any student who needs them.