BOSTON (WHDH) - A 14-year-old girl was taken to a local hospital Tuesday after she was stabbed by a 15-year-old girl at a school in Dorchester, officials said.
Boston police said officers first responded to the scene at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School on Washington Street shortly before 11 a.m.
Police said the injured girl was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
While the police investigation continued, a Boston Public Schools spokesperson confirmed the 15-year-old accused in this incident had been detained.
Both the 14-year-old and the 15-year-old were students.
Speaking with 7NEWS, Burke High School student Marvell Aquino-Jimenes said she was initially unsure what happened Tuesday morning.
“I didn’t see when the girl stabbed the other girl,” Aquino-Jimenes said. “I just saw the blood and everybody running around.”
“We don’t feel safe,” Aquino-Jimenes continued. “Nobody feels safe no more.”
The Burke school has been the site of violence in the past.
Among incidents, a student was stabbed outside the school in October of 2022. One week later, a student was shot — also outside the school.
Area resident Yolanda Burgos said her son went to the Burke school. Now, Burgos is concerned about the violence.
“In school, it should be for education, to study and to get everybody together and everybody does their own thing,” she said. “It shouldn’t be no crime or nothing like that.”
Burke Head of School Amilcar Silva addressed this latest incident in a letter to families on Tuesday, saying the school was placed into “safe mode” for approximately 35 minutes.
“We know incidents like this can cause many to feel anxious, but I want to reassure all members of the Burke High School Community this was an isolated incident between two students, and that we will take every step necessary to ensure that our students feel safe and welcomed,” Silva said. “We will continue to fulfill our commitment to safety every day in every school.”
The Burke school has an enrollment of 395 students across 7th through 12th grade, according to the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
In her letter, Silva said the Boston Public Schools’ district crisis response team will be on site “over the next few days” to support the school community.
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