Teacher, students stabbed during Pembroke Pines school fight
Key Points(5)
- A fight between two schoolgirls turned bloody in Pembroke Pines when a teacher and two students who were trying to break up the scuffle ended up being stabbed and slashed.
- The language arts teacher, Dorthea Oatts, never realized she had been stabbed until another staff member saw blood oozing from her body.
- She received nine stitches to close a wound on her left shoulder.
- Oatts and the student were injured after one of the girls, armed with a pair of scissors, started swinging.
- The girls were fightingover a social media post.
A fight between two schoolgirls turned bloody in Pembroke Pines when a teacher and two students who were trying to break up the scuffle ended up being stabbed and slashed.
The language arts teacher, Dorthea Oatts, never realized she had been stabbed until another staff member saw blood oozing from her body. She received nine stitches to close a wound on her left shoulder.
Oatts and the student were injured after one of the girls, armed with a pair of scissors, started swinging. The girls were fightingover a social media post.
The stabbing happened around 9 a.m. Friday. A bell had just rung for students to go to class when teachers noticed a crowd forming down the hall. Fearing a fight could erupt, a teacher called security.
A school resource officer arrested the offending student. The eighth grader was taken to a juvenile assessment center. The student, whose name has not been released by police due to her age, is likely to be expelled and is facing criminal charges.
The other unidentified girl in the fight was stabbed in her shoulder and taken to a hospital. She is expected to recover, police said.
A boy attempting to break up the fight was treated at the school by firefighters for a cut to his hand.
The teacher has been recovering but has not yet resumed duties at the institution.
