15-year-old girl stabbed at Porterville school

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 15-year-old miss was stabbed astatine a schoolhouse successful Porterville connected Monday, according to the city's constabulary department.

Officers accidental a 19-year-old identified arsenic Noah Seratte was arrested a abbreviated region from the schoolhouse and was arrested connected suspicion of battle with a deadly limb and attempted homicide.

At astir 8:15 a.m., officers accidental they received a study that a 15-year-old was successful a schoolroom astatine Monache High School successful Porterville, suffering from a stab coiled to her near leg. She was taken to a adjacent infirmary for treatment.

The suspect, Noah Seratte, was recovered walking successful the country of Prospect Street and Henderson Avenue, little than a mile from the schoolhouse wherever constabulary accidental the stabbing took place. He was detained without incident, and grounds gathered astatine the country linked him to the stabbing, officers say.

The field of Monache High School was placed connected lockdown portion the probe was ongoing. The motive for the incidental remains nether investigation.

In a connection to parents, Monahce High School described the incidental arsenic "involving an idiosyncratic who is not affiliated with the school" who had entered the schoolhouse parking lot.

The unfortunate was not officially identified by police.