Officer stabbed, student shot in altercation at Wisconsin high school, say police | Malay Mail

Wednesday, 04 Dec 2019 07:29 AM MYTMILWAUKEE, Dec 4 — A Wisconsin high school student yesterday stabbed a school resource officer, who responded by shooting the teenager, police said, in the second such incident over the last two days in the state.

Oshkosh West High School, about 140 km north of Milwaukee, was put on lockdown after the altercation, Oshkosh Chief of Police Dean Smith said during a news conference. Smith said the student wounded the officer with an “edged” weapon. The officer then fired his gun, shooting the 16-year-old once. Both the student and officer, who were not identified by police, were taken to the hospital where they were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, Smith said.Hours later, the school's 1,700 students were reunited with their parents at a nearby middle school. Classes were cancelled for the day and today at the high school.

Police said the student pulled out a handgun and did not respond to the school resource officer's insistence that he give it up. — Reuters

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