Baltimore City student stabbed at school

One student was stabbed in a Baltimore City high school Tuesday, police reported Tuesday afternoon.

Police say a 17-year-old Baltimore high school student has been charged as an adult with attempted murder in a classroom stabbing that left a schoolmate critically wounded.

“The (17-year-old) suspect (a sophomore) fled the scene and has since been taken into custody without incident in the 800 block of Vine Street”, Smith said.

Witnesses were able to give police a good description of Crawford, and he was arrested shortly after the stabbing near his home, the spokesman said.

Police said the victim, who has not yet been identified, has life-threatening injuries and is in critical condition.

It was not known what led to the stabbing, Smith said. Goodwin said investigators are trying to determine how the student got a knife into the school.

City schools chief executive Gregory Thornton said Renaissance Academy would be closed on Wednesday, though students would be asked to attend classes at “an alternative site” to be determined and announced by Tuesday evening. It offers a college prep curriculum.