Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown urged students and parents to take preventive measures to stop violent incidents after a young stabbing victim ended up in front of City Hall on Tuesday afternoon.
“Behavior like today’s incident is dangerous and unacceptable,” the mayor said. “There have been a number of fights involving large groups of teenagers after school. I urge our young people and in particular, parents to do their part to help resolve these types of situations.”
Tuesday’s incident took place just after 3 p.m. in the vicinity of Court Street and Niagara Square, according to city spokesman Michael DeGeorge.
Police said one person was stabbed during some type of fight involving a number of teenagers. The victim then fled across Niagara Square.
A 16-year-old Buffalo male was transported by ambulance to Oishei Children’s Hospital for treatment of injuries that are apparently non-life-threatening, police said.
Concerns about student violence in the Buffalo Public School District have been raised intermittently by parents in the wake of high profile incidents.
In early October 2022, a large fight outside McKinley High School that attracted hundreds of students led to a student’s arrest. A month earlier a fight involving a large group of girls at the Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management resulted in the stabbing of 17-year-old student and the arrest of her 16-year-old assailant.
In February 2022, also at McKinley, a student was stabbed and a security guard shot in the school parking lot, sparking an increase in safety measures districtwide
Anyone with information about Tuesday’s incident is asked to call or text the Buffalo Police confidential Tipcall Line at 716-847-2255.
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