Forget School Shootings...

[That Matt Guy]

...And say hello to school ninja beat downs.

http://www.nbc5i.com/education/4194681/detail.html

Lamar student held in sword attack on classmate

By Anthony Spangler

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

ARLINGTON - The Lamar High School student who slashed a classmate in the face with a short Samurai sword Monday was on campus more than an hour early, searching for several other students, police said.

A school office worker noticed the boy walking into the school about 6:50 a.m. carrying 18-inch swords in each hand. She called security guards on a radio and then dialed 911.

Shortly after the assault in a hallway, school security guards tackled the 16-year-old freshman as the he approached the cafeteria. Police arrived one minute and 15 seconds after the 911 call, according to police records.

"Unfortunately, one child did get cut. But it could have been worse," said Lt. Blake Miller, Arlington police spokesman.

The 14-year-old victim, whose name also was not released, was a freshman who played French horn in band. He was treated for a 2 ½-inch cut on his chin at Arlington Memorial Hospital, police said.

The 16-year-old suspect, whose name was not released, was being held on suspicion of attempted murder at a Tarrant County juvenile facility. Police also confiscated two pocket knives from the teen.

He was formerly home-schooled and had attended classes in Arlington for less than a month, according to school records.

A motive in the assault was not known, police said. The teen-ager declined to talk with police detectives after he appeared before a judge Monday morning.

"He was looking for specific targets and apparently had some issues," Arlington police Sgt. Curt Magee said. "The school security guards are heroes because they got him in custody so quickly."

One security guard suffered a minor injury while grappling with the suspect. The injury was not caused by the sword, Miller said. The guards were unavailable for comment.

A Lamar High School student called 911 to report the student roaming the hallways, swinging the swords.

"He's whacking people over the head," said a student, who was not identified on a 911 recording released by police. "He's talking about killing people."

A teacher, who called 911 for an ambulance, described what the suspect was wearing and told an emergency dispatcher that "nobody knows his name."

School officials made two public address announcements Monday to inform students of the assault.

"We wanted to let the kids know that the incident was quickly taken care of and their classmate was treated at the hospital and was OK," said Michelle Clark, an Arlington schools spokeswoman.

While police investigated the area where the assault occurred, a foreign language and math class were moved to the gymnasium.

Students leaving campus at lunch Monday said they were surprised that a student had a weapon in school.

"We still feel pretty safe though," said Andre Melvin, 16, a sophomore.

Arlington schools Superintendent Mac Bernd said campuses are safe, despite Monday's incident.

Security measures in place in Arlington schools include security guards, full-time police officers in most buildings, video surveillance and a student Crime Stoppers program.

"I don't think you can ever feel completely comfortable," Bernd said. "You can't monitor every student, every minute of the day."

I love my city.

[Kid Icarus]

Man, that kid is freakin awesome.

Lets place bets on what piece of pop culture gets blamed for this, shall we?

Mine goes to Kill Bill. Anyone for TMNT?

[Machias Banshee]

I dunno... I don't think they can blame it on TMNT. With all the Kill Bill Movies out there, The last Samurai, and not to mention Anime... it coulda been Anything.

[愛]

Oh, don't even get me started about the Wild 7 incident we had at our school. Fields' School of Soul. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Anarky]

Haha, maybe that guy really felt invincible wielding those katanas. another "Katana be magical weapon"-kid.

But seriously, how desperate do you have to be to run amok at school? What had gone wrong?

[Voltron]

Ooo, the cutting edge of school shootings. ...or swordings. In any event, that sounds pretty bad ass. The worst we ever get in these parts are home made bombs.

On a related topic, my friends and I dress up like ninjas and run around neighborhoods crashing parties. I guess conservative America will thwart those shenanigans as well.

[Machias Banshee]

Haha, maybe that guy really felt invincible wielding those katanas. another "Katana be magical weapon"-kid.

He was homeschooled for most of his life until he was taking courses there. Other students probably found out and started tormenting him about it. Kids can be very cruel to each other...

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by Ai Takahashi

Oh, don't even get me started about the Wild 7 incident we had at our school. Fields' School of Soul. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Oh, that was beautiful. I still can't believe those guys did that to Shaft.

EDIT- For those of you that don't know.

A couple friends pulled a senior prank at our highschool right before graduation. Around 3 AM they stormed the school dressed as ninjas, scaled the walls to the roof, and dropped a huge banner mocking one of our vice principals. The banner read "Mr. Field's School of Soul." The best part was that the group was spotted by school security and 911 was called. So the police and fire department arrived to apprehend the gang, but they used ninja stealth to evade them. I've never heard such a fantastic story in all my life.

I'll load up a picture of Mr. Field's for the full effect. (at some point)

[愛]

Adults, too.

Yeah, we've never had anything bad around here. One kid brought in a can of soda full of metal bits and gasoline. I remember it like it was yesterday. Sitting in first period when people started flipping out on the PA system.

[Anarky]

I know that kids can be very cruel. Those are the kids I usually beat up before they could even try and mob me.

Talking about mobbing and things alike: Is there actually a way to solve a situation like that?

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by Anarky

I know that kids can be very cruel. Those are the kids I usually beat up before they could even try and mob me.

Talking about mobbing and things alike: Is there actually a way to solve a situation like that?

Preemptive strikes on kids who haven't done anything yet? Good thinking.

[Machias Banshee]

Originally Posted by Voltron

Oh, that was beautiful. I still can't believe those guys did that to Shaft.

EDIT- For those of you that don't know.

A couple friends pulled a senior prank at our highschool right before graduation. Around 3 AM they stormed the school dressed as ninjas, scaled the walls to the roof, and dropped a huge banner mocking one of our vice principals. The banner read "Mr. Field's School of Soul." The best part was that the group was spotted by school security and 911 was called. So the police and fire department arrived to apprehend the gang, but they used ninja stealth to evade them. I've never heard such a fantastic story in all my life.

I'll load up a picture of Mr. Field's for the full effect. (at some point)

ROFL! Wow, that is the BEST Prank Ever! I hate my class. They were so friggen Uncreative. They put a Trashcan on the archway over the entrance of the building. One class way back actually disassembled a car and reassembled it either inside or on top of the building.

[愛]

Wild 7, baby. Best prank ever. I wish I could've been a part of that.

[Anarky]

Well, I knew the faces, and I knew what they were going for, I let them do their thing for one or two days. They never saw it coming.

and what are these pranks? Some sort of "We're outta here"-gag? We could use one of these soon.

[Dane E5R]

What a stupid kid.

[kyabetsu]

i have to agree with elite....

he had the sword in PLAIN VIEW... was at school an HOUR before it opened... and was just WANDERING around looking for people. Not too brilliant, skeezix.




and glad to hear that the "wild 7" got away with it. most excellent.

[Demented Utrom]

Just wait people will blame Ninja Turtles again for this.They will blame the media.I wonder if the kid was kicked out of this school. You don't bring weapons to school.

I'm glad I don't go to school anymore.People bringing weapons to school something wrong here.

[JameO]

It saddens me to see that this post wonder is from Canada.

[Jo Dawn]

Hmm... I agree with Machi. Kids ARE too cruel. Don't I know that all too well. But I'd rather not get into that.

I also agree with Elite. What a dumb kid. But hey, the school official didn't know his name? Great worker, right there. *rolls eyes* That's dumber than this kid.

*sigh* We never did pranks at school. I don't happen to find them funny, anyway. School isn't fun. It's school. But anyway...

I don't think saying this is awesome, or laughing at this is appropriate either. This is a sad case. A poor child has been teased and abused... or has hit a point that he felt that THIS was appropriate. And I don't think laughing at that is right. This is sad that we allow other children or adults or WHATEVER push a person to this point, then take joy from it.

I myself find this saddening and frustrating.

[Kid Icarus]

I was gonna be a Ninja on 'wacky day' durring this whole "omg, prented you care about this school!" week thing. I decided it wasn't worth the hassle of brining my sai's with me though.

Volt and Ai... that blows what this kid did outta the water!