Girl, 16, Stabbed At High School In Grand Crossing

March 6, 2012 11:24 AM

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UPDATED 03/06/12 5:04 p.m.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A 16-year-old girl was hospitalized Tuesday after being stabbed at Hirsch Metro High School in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.

As CBS 2′s Mike Puccinelli reports, around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, two female students got into a fight inside the school, and one stabbed the other with a pair of scissors.

“I heard about second period … they were fighting, two girls fighting; and then, one of them stabbed her in the neck with scissors,” Hirsch senior Najah Henderson said.

Senior Kevin Money said he knew something was wrong when he heard school officials on the public address system, calling for help.

“I just heard the intercom, somebody said they was fighting, and security was running to the girls, and that’s it,” Money said.

The victim was taken from the school, at 7740 S. Ingleside Ave., to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The girl was initially reported in critical condition, but her condition had stabilized by late Tuesday morning.

The girl who stabbed the victim was taken into custody. No charges had been filed as of 5 p.m.

Senior Brandon Shelvin said he saw the accused stabber being led away by security guards.

“The one girl who did the stabbing, she had scratches on her arm, scratches on her face,” Shelvin said.

Those who didn’t see the fight quickly learned of it as word spread through the halls.

“After everybody heard, it was, like, ‘Oh my God, somebody got stabbed, somebody got stabbed,’” Shelvin said.

He said the school remained relatively calm in the aftermath of the fight.

But former student Dominique Crumbley said she remembers little calm when she last attended Hirsch in 2010.

“It was bad then, and it was probably, it’s even worse now. The kids nowadays, it’s just no home training. It’s just ridiculous over here,” she said.

In a statement Tuesday afternoon, Chicago Public Schools officials said, “We are working closely with both CPD in their investigation of this incident and the principal to keep parents informed of the situation and ensure them that all appropriate steps have been taken to provide a safe environment for students remaining at the school.”

Girl, 16, Stabbed At High School In Grand Crossing

knappydawg

better have a knife permit, get them out of the hads of the criminals. No concealed carry!!!
Spookiest spook

Should send these kids to Gary, Indiana where they belong.
knappydawg

is there adult supervision in Gary?? And Quinn wants to turn a lot of these “fine citizens” out of our prisions!!
Myesha Thompson

i just happen to attend Hirsch Metro high school and just to let you know not all the students act in this manner. this happens in a poor community and it is televised and maid horrible but when in Ohio that kid has people justify his actions. So with that being said, dont judge us as a whole because of one incident because we all arent troubled kids! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Devundray Hannah

true true i go to Hirsch myself and myesha you are so right there’s to judge the whole school population

Ray

Well apparently there is a problem at that school. Neither one of you are exhibiting high school level writing. More like 2nd or 3rd grade. LOL
Yar

The best part about Ray’s comment is the fact that he goes on to use LOL. So while questioning someone’s education level based on internet writing which, let’s be honest, means next to nothing as a whole he uses an internet slang term.

Does this mean that Ray is to stupid to convey that he finds something funny without using an already established acronym on the internet?

I mean let’s be honest, how much harder is to to type “Oh I find that funny” or “wow that is hilarious”. It’s not hard at all, therefore Ray isn’t probably shouldn’t be trying to judge who is “smart” or “stupid”.

Michael

Ray: I can assume that you feel in some way superior to these two young people. As a professional educator, I can tell you that your “superior” response contains a sentence fragment. Perhaps in the future you’ll take to heart the admonition contained in Matthew 7:3 and hesitate to point out the speck in another’s eye while ignoring the log in your own.

Sandi

Michael: I was thinking the same thing…it always amuses me when someone points out a misspelled word, etc., he or she almost always does so using improper grammar.

knappydawg

Ms Thompson, it is refreshing to see a young person with a good perspective, Sorry you are in an area where there are few families that act with the best interest of the child at heart. Keep focused and you will escape and have a good life. Good luck to you!!
Danielle Bailey

I too attend Hirsch High School and i feel that it is unfortunate this incindent has taken place where a student was seriously injured, but i also feel that it is very ignorant when people assume that all of the kids that attend this school act in this manner and should be sent to “Gary ,Indiana.” I jus want to speak up and out for those students who attend Hirsch and are doing the right thing like myself and Myesha Thompson!!! So THANKS and remember that ignorance is bliss!
Myesha Thompson

Nonsense is irritating to the ear!! Please spare me with the disrespect and stereotypes. @Congratulashayla Burns and i’m sorry that you are ignorant enough to make a statement like that. @Lyndia all African american women don’t carry their self the same. We as African Americans have the ability to prosper just as well as any other ethnicity so please don’t try to make me feel inferior to whatever race you are. With comments like this it shows who is superior. By the way you all making this a race issue, when that’s obviously the least of all worries. Now i say again, have a good day!

Shataniana Simmons

We understand your obvious shame, Myesha.

Lyndia

What does she have to be ashame of?
Jim

Lyndia, you can’t possibly be that f**kin stupid! Oh, wait a minute, yes you can!

Danielle Bailey

Wow! this is incident has definitely been turned into a race issue and so what if i am an African American! This has nothing to do with the student who got stabbed! Its sad how the African American race is only acknowledged when something like this has happens! so have a nice day Congratulashayla Burns because im black and proud of it!

Shataniana Simmons

We also understand your shame as well, Danielle.

Lyndia

Are you ashamed when a honkey does something horrible and you know the white man can do some of the most freakest s h i t.
Jim

Put down that crack pipe Lyndia. Your extreme hatred and contempt for the white man is noted. However, we are discussing a negro trying to murder another negro. Stay on topic, you filthy negress!

Anthony Major

I find it amazing how this is being racially stereotyped and that my classmates are covering up for some “shame” because they are trying to simply state that not all African-Americans behave in this manner. Must we post our ACT scores for you? Or should we post our GPA and list the honors we’ve received? I too am a student at Hirsch. Crazy how people magnify an incident that revolves around violence, but no one has anything to say when children graduate from 8th grade without the necessary skills to function in every day life (i.e. reading and being able to possess the simplest of math abilities – using a calculator doesn’t count). Indeed, it is an unfortunate event, but don’t throw the whole African-American community under the bus for it.
Myesha Thompson

Shame? Wow! And tell me what it is that I am ashamed of? Of course, I sympathise with the situation because it happened in an environment I am in everyday; with people i see everyday. Being the fact that my skin is dark, it doesn’t make me dark internally. MY SKIN DOESN’T MAKE ME ANY LESS INTELLIGENT THAN ANY OF YOU NEGATIVE PEOPLE. Blacks aren’t completely black and whites aren’t completely white. This is MY world just as it is yours. God loves each and evryone of us and wants all us to succeed in His way! My heart softens to people that are rude, such as you all. You must have experienced some bad things in your life time to be such a jerk for no reason. :) gosh, you people are ridiculous!!!

Seraphim0

You’re obviously getting trolled. Just leave it at that. The individuals posting all the negativity are probably sitting in their bedrooms or parents’ basement giggling to themselves. Let it go. Some people are just immature and will never grow up–which will be hilarious when they enter the real world. They’ll be the ones sleeping on the street.

BEEN THERE

I have a close relative that teaches at that school and believe me, it is a mess. There has been many issues with the principal. They have gone to the union, inspectors general and the illinois state board on her. Nothing has been done yet and I doubt that anything will change at Hirsch until there is a change in administration. Attendance padding, harrassment of teachers, soliciting money from staff members, telling staff members who to talk to and who not to talk to. the staff, PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SPEAK TO HER. When the current principal came, there were 700-800 students, now there is less than 300. Dosen’t that tell you something?

Myesha Thompson

Exactly!!! I am just glad that i haven’t had to go through those things with her. I’m just grateful that i have remained safe and also a graduate of class of 2012. I feel sorry for the students who have to come there next year. I pray for a change!

A 43 YEARS RESIDENT

Good for you that you are graduating in 2012. How well did your class do on the ACT Test? No matter what, if you scored at the bottom or the top, the key to life is hard work and perservance and you can make a great life for yourself. I wish you would have gone to a better school but it is still good that you are graduating.
(I live down the street from that school and I would not send a child of mine there. It has a bad name in the neighborhood.)

Whatev

That’s your gripe in caps??? That you have to make an appointment to speak to the pricipal?? Get a clue! You should have to make an appointment. You have to make appointments for everything in life like with our Dr or dentist or even to take your car to the shop. That’s how you manage your schedule and get work done.

Myesha Thompson

@A 43 YEARS RESIDENT as a whole, our average ACT score is a 18. That is great, compared to the average score of a 15 for the past 3-4 years. Also, first i attended Dunbar High School but i had got pregnant and was sent to a maternity school and they sent me to Hirsch because D
Myesha Thompson

Dunbar is a trade school
CRAZY

WOW I CANT BELIEVE YOU PEOPLE ! SEE THIS IS WHAT THE WOLRD IS COMING TOO !! YOU WANNA KNOW WHY KIDS ARE OUT THERE KILLING THEM SELFS CAUSE TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR PARENTS AND HOW THEY ARE ACTING ! SHAME ON ALL OF YOU ! I CANT BELIEVE ALL OF YOU WHO CALL YOUR SELFS ADULTS AND GOOD PARENTS HAHAHA THAT IS FUNNY !! CAUSE I WONT BE SURPISED OF YOUR CHILD IS THE NEXT TO BE KILLING SOMEONE OR IS KILLED OR SOMETHING ! BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU ACT ! DONT BE TO SUPRISED OF THEY END UP IN JAIL ! KIDS LEARN FROM THEIR PARENTS… ITS REALLY SAD TO SEE HOW EVEN WHEN YOU GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL YA’LL STILL WANNA START DRAMA AND BLAME OTHERS AND NOT THE PERSON ! YOU WANNA BLAME COLOR AND NOT THE PERSONS ACTIONS OR THE PARENTS BECAUSE TRUELY ITS THE PARENTS FAULT FOR NOT RAISE THEIR KIDS RIGHT ! NOT THE SCHOOL IF THE SCHOOL SUCKS WELL THAT ALSO FALLS ON THE PARENTS AND HOW THEY RAISE THEIR KIDS ! NOW GROW UP ! AND TRY TEACHING YOUR KIDS RIGHT FROM WRONG OR SEE THEM IN A HOSPITAL, GRAVE, OR PRISON BECAUSE THATS WHERE HALF OF YOUR KIDS WILL END UP IF YA;LL CANT SEEM TO GROW UP ! YOUR NOT TEENS YOUR NOT IN SCHOOL !! YOU ARE PARENTS THAT ARE TEACHING YOUR KIDS WRONG !

Myesha Thompson

THANK YOU!! I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY! THIS IS NOT A RACIAL ISSUE (AS THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT SEEM) IT IS ABOUT HOME TRAINING! FINALLY SOMEONE WITH COMMON SENSE!
Whatev

WHY IS EVERYONE SHOUTING??!!!

Ebony Johnson

I am a student at Hirsch Metro High School and I also find it disturbing that this incident as occurred in our school. What i also find disturbing is the racist comments about us African-Americans…I feel that this situations has been taken out of proportion and people need to know that every ethnicity has been involved in some type of incident..some were even worse…Who told white people they were so Perfect…The boy from Ohio killed STUDENTS..no was killed at my school…but its said that we should goto Gary,IN..Really???Exactly where do you all belong..INFORM ME!

Ebony Johnson

Typo:No One

Myesha Thompson

I am sure we have a lot to be proud of THEE Yard Ape! If it wasnt for our inventions and great minds of our ancestors and so forth then YOU people probably wouldnt have the things you have now. No wonder you people were so scared to let an African American pick up a book to recieve an education because you knew our ability. Like now, you know our ability! We can do anything you people have done and more. Look at our President and his family and you say we have nothing to be proud of?? Yeah im going to need for you to go back and take a history class becasue obviously you dont know your history. White people were also slaves. I guess you give the white people some sort of power and they feel superior to whoever at any point in time but really you arent superior because if you were WE blacks would still be picking cotton for you people but we arent. So get over yourself and your own insecurities! I noticed my fellow classmates could have been ignorant in return to you all ignorant responses but we haven’t and i applaud US HIRSCH HUSKIES. “WE’RE DRIVEN TO SUCCEED”.

Asa4198

Please study history a little more. Anyone that has come from nothing and proved that they can persevere has everything to be proud of. Unfortunately, you are falling prey to people who may not really feel a certain way, but a trying to elicit a response from you. Maturity will show that having to prove yourself means that you feel that you are not up to standards. Stop. Be happy with who you are and if you are not happy, then change. There is nothing more compelling than a rational, educated argument. The minute you start using race to argue a point, you lower yourself to the same level and become no better than the other person. You have the power to change as long as you take responsibility for your own actions and don’t worry about what others think of you.
janet

Why are you letting a racist instigator push your buttons? Trolls will say absolutely anything to get you going, whether they mean it or not. That said, keep in mind us white people aren’t the only ones who are leaving these moronic comments. There’s quite a combo of races in this country, some of which relish making us look bad.

Anthony

What a fun message board. I’m of the dark skin myself and proud to be black. I am American just as the next person is. Internet bangin’ needs to stop. Face to face you will get smashed on sight. Until we as American’s stop the bull sh**, we will never move forward as a country.
justice…

Thank you all for this entertainment…..Always a good laugh.
Yar

Oh yea, everyone taking what some people are saying to heart, please learn something about the internet. People have no censor, they could be scared timid people with no back bone but when they get on the internet they become big tough guys who speak out what they feel.

This mask of anonymity that we share on the internet brings out the worst in people because they really don’t have to answer to their behavior, but rest assured that in reality they are all cowards.

Also learn what a troll is, it’s someone who purposely says something offensive to try and stir up controversy. See they do this because they have no lives and have nothing better to do then to try and make people feel as bad as they do. It’s pathetic but it’s to be expected.

@Black n Proud
Now I try really hard not to be a grammar Nazi or question others spelling especially over the internet, but what you have there is really, really bad.
I agree with your points, people are equal, they are all the same, but the way you go about doing it is just wow.

For instance, half of that paragraph you take the time to spell out “you” but in other parts you simply put “u”. “Like the on you just” doesn’t make any sense and why you capitalize some I’s and not others is beyond me.

Again I’m not one to usually say much about it, because I make my own mistakes, but at least take the time to read what you wrote especially when you go on to talk about education.

F|U|C|K||T|H|E|R|A|C|I|S|T
Ebony Johnson

In my opinion I feel that this issue was pushed to a point of racism because of ignorant comments. Regardless of who is well educated or not…or who use proper punctuation’s or whatever the case maybe we are all people…we all make mistakes…no one is perfect…and who feels the need to use perfect writing skills towards negativity…so what! This is a blog for Christ Sake…not a damn essay that is due Monday morning…its the internet…if you can translate “LOL” than you know for yourself exactly where that person is coming from…let me remind you all that this blog is about a mishap that happen at my school and that has happen at many different other schoolS…in other states..with many different ethnicity’s…so drop the b.s. ..it is..what it is..NO ONE IS PERFECT…NO ONE!
Jim

Oops, lady like.
BEEN THERE

Myesha, that is not the real Lyndia, I am. That Lyndia is nothing but a piece of garbage. (white trash)
Lyndia

what is there to be sorry about? did you say that about the funny looking kid in ohio that killed 3 students? Congratulashayla, I am sorry that you are white.
Lyndia

Did you say that about Josh Powell? Sorry you are a honkey.
black and pround

u a racist piece of s*** f***in honkey
Jim

What the hell is your problem, you filthy, blue gummed, negress?
Kate

Jim, you’re a disgusting, racist pig. Get out of my country. There’s no room for losers like you. People like you think you’re so tough online. Let me tell you something loser, no one is afraid of you.
Jim

@Kate, Those are very abusive words. At least try and be nice!
gman5727

What does the color of the mayor have to do with it?
Dawg

Hey Jim the clinic called. It’s not yours so stop sweating it…
gman5727

Once again, what does the color of the person have to do with it?
Black n PROUD

@THEE Yard Ape…which continent would you be referring to considering that we live on the same continent as you do. You are no better than anyone no matter what color they are. If anything your comments have made all of us look at you as if you were an uneducated person which i am sure you are. I am black and white and am very proud to get to experience of both worlds. Go brush up on youe education beofre you start posting dumb comments like the one you just.And for your information we are HUMANS just like you!! Our “species” takes pride in all of our accomplishment of which we have many and if you don’t know them i suggestyou brush up on history….or do u even kno how to read?!?!
Texasmom

@ THEE Yard Ape…. Your ignorance is astounding. People like you and Jim are who I dread for my children to encounter. If you have children, God help them! I pray that they aren’t as ignorant and narrow-minded as their fathers. You speak out of ignorance. Shall I now base my opinion of the white race simply by the hatred you both have spewed? Shall I now look at every white person with disgust and assume that they are as ignorant as you two (and people that have the same thinking as you)? It’s people like you that teach their children to judge by the color of skin. How proud your parents must be.