A violent brawl between two upstate New York teenagers was caught on camera and shows a 17-year-old student stabbing his 18-year-old classmate in the hand and back before being stopped by teachers.
The vicious attack took place Monday at Proctor High School Utica and was filmed by onlookers and posted on social media.
The footage shows the student running at his classmate in their school’s hallway before he is seen lunging at him and the man quickly punches back, slamming his rival into a wall.
The 18-year-old is seen delivering a series of punches to the 17-year-old, who is then brought down and hit on the head.
The attacker appears to be carrying something while the victim repeatedly yells that his attacker has a knife.
The violent brawl between two upstate New York students was caught on camera and shows a 17-year-old student stabbing his 18-year-old classmate in the “hand and back.”
The vicious attack took place Monday at Proctor High School Utica – was filmed by onlookers – and posted to social media, where the two were seen engaged in a heated brawl
“He’s got a knife, he’s got a knife,” the teenager can be heard screaming in desperation as his attacker grabs him from behind. “You, can you see that correctly? He has a knife.’
A crowd can then be seen forming around the couple, who continue to fight.
Members of the crowd can be heard asking the young attacker to “drop the knife”.
The 17-year-old student continues to brandish an object later confirmed to be a knife in a stabbing motion.
He can be seen ignoring pleas to stop the attack before a woman enters the frame and tries to help.
“He has a knife,” members of the crowd can be heard repeating.
A male employee approaches the couple before retrieving the knife from the attacker. “Are you crazy,” said the male employee.
“He just pricked the shit out of my hands,” the 18-year-old student is heard saying to the male employee.
The male co-worker calls out to another co-worker to help him fight and tells his co-worker that he now has the knife in his hand.
The 17-year-old student continues to wave the object in his hand in a jabbing motion
The victim ignores requests to stop the attack and attempts to remove the knife from his suspected attacker’s hand
Three staff members try to pull the pair apart, the Asian student is thrown to the ground by a staff member – his attacker stays upright as the two are separated
The Utica Police Department said they will have an increased presence both inside the high school building and outside
Three staff members attempt to pull the couple apart, the victim was knocked to the ground by a staff member while his attacker remained upright as the two were separated.
The Utica Police Department and the City of Utica School District released a joint statement about the altercation on social media.
“The teachers, without regard for their safety, acted immediately and attempted to separate the two parties,” the post reads.
“The teachers grabbed the suspect, forcibly disarmed him and held him until security personnel arrived.”
Authorities said the suspect was immediately removed from the scene and taken to a safe area.
The 18-year-old victim, who suffered multiple stab wounds to her back and hands, was treated by school nurses before being taken to hospital. The injuries are not life-threatening, police said.
After an inquest, police said the 17-year-old had been charged with first-degree attempted assault, a Class C felony and fourth-degree weapons possession, according to the Daily Sentinel.
He will answer his charges in Oneida County Family Court. The Utica Police Department said they will have an increased presence both inside and outside the school building.
“The Proctor High School campus will remain closed for the remainder of the week,” police said.
“Students are not allowed to leave the building during free periods and lunch. This process will be re-evaluated next week.’
Students were also advised to contact school officials if they felt traumatized by the event.