Student accused of stabbing 2 at Miami Northwestern Senior High School ordered to home detention

MIAMI — A student accused of stabbing two of his classmates during a fight at Miami Northwestern Senior High School on Monday appeared before a judge a day later as prosecutors said they intend to charge him as an adult.

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The judge ordered the teenager, who has not yet been identified, to remain on home detention with electronic monitoring and prohibited him from having contact with the victim.

The case stems from a fight that occurred just before 12:30 p.m. Monday inside a back hallway at the Liberty City school that left an 18-year-old with a stab wound and a 15-year-old with a cut to his hand after an altercation occurred at the school located at 1100 NW 71st St. in the Liberty City neighborhood, according to Miami Fire Rescue officials.

Authorities said the 18-year-old was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in stable condition. The younger student was also hospitalized and was in stable condition.

The suspect’s parents told Local 10’s Trent Kelly after Tuesday’s hearing that their son had been mistreated and threatened by other students for days.

A student who spoke with reporters Monday said bullying may have played a role in the confrontation.

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Cellphone video circulating on social media shows a crowd of students gathered in a hallway before two teens appear to confront the accused student. The video appears to show the two punching him and stomping on his head while he is on the ground.

The two teens then run away. The student who had been attacked gets back up and appears to chase them.

“When he got back up, he pulled something out of his pocket, which was a knife and started chasing after the person,” another student said.

The incident prompted a lockdown at the school as authorities searched for the suspect, students said.

“They had the school on lockdown. Like what if he’s chasing after a person with a knife in his hand,” one student said.

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