Report of ‘stabbing’ at Fort King Middle from fight with pen

[homes.com]

The Ocala Police Department responded to a report of a “stabbing” at Fort King Middle School midday Wednesday, resulting from a fight between two students involving an ink pen.

“During a lunch period today at Fort King Middle School, two students with special needs started fighting,” said Marion County Public Schools spokesperson Kevin Christian. “One used an ink pen to attack the other resulting in injuries that were mostly superficial.”

The incident occurred at 11:35 a.m. and involved a 13-year-old student who stabbed a 14-year-old student in the head with a pen, said OPD spokesperson Jeffrey Walczak.

The injured student was taken to the hospital to be treated out of precaution, and has since been released, Walczak said.

“The incident was dispatched on first responder radios as a stabbing, hence a very strong first responder presence at the school,” Christian said. “However, when the call was downgraded, most of those responders left the scene.”

The 13-year-old student was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, Walczak said.

Information about the incident was shared with the school community by Principal Michael Carter through a Skylert message.

The “Gazette” has requested the audio recording of the 911 call to gather more information on the incident.