BALTIMORE COUNTY — A 15-year-old female student was assaulted at Lansdowne High School on Tuesday afternoon.
Police say around 12:45 p.m., a student told one of the school resource officers about the stabbing inside of the school.
The victim, who is identified as Zoe Holt, was taken to an area hospital to be treated for serious injuries.
A juvenile is in custody.
Charges for the student are still being determined based on the student's age according to police, but so far the only thing police are saying was this was a first-degree assault.
A student at school says the school did go on a brief lock down following the incident so she wasn’t able to see exactly what happened, but it definitely shook her up as well as her mom when she got the news earlier.
"Usually it’s not that bad but now it’s going to be even worse knowing that somebody literally got stabbed and there was probably blood everywhere," said one student.
"The girl that got stabbed, she got stabbed, I believe, like 10 times in her back. Some on her face, and some on her leg and she went the hospital, it was said, with serious injuries," she added.
A letter from principal Allison Seymour has been released to parents stating the following:
Dear Parents and Guardians of Lansdowne High School,
I am writing to notify you we activated a Lockdown Protocol at 12:40 p.m. due to an assault involving two students. One student has been transported to a local hospital and the other student is in police custody. The lockdown was lifted at 1:15 p.m. and students transitioned to fourth period. All students and staff are safe. This is an active investigation and there will be an increased police presence on campus throughout the afternoon. Additionally, we are canceling all after school activities for today.
Thank you for you continued support of your student and of Lansdowne High School. If you have any questions, please call me at the office number of 443-809-1415.
Sincerely,
Allison Seymour
Principal
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski took to Twitter to comment on the incident.
It's heartbreaking to see one of our young people injured in a violent and senseless attack. We are praying for a full ad speedy recovery to the injured student and we applaud the school resource officer onsite for their efforts to quickly apprehend the suspect.
We expect the suspect in this incident to be held fully accountable for this outrageous and unacceptable behavior.
A link to the GoFundMe for Holt has been put up and can be found here.
