BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two students were taken to the hospital after a stabbing Wednesday morning on Main Street in downtown Buffalo.
Police say the 16-year-old and 17-year-old boys had just gotten off the Metro Rail near Fountain Plaza when some type of argument broke out.
The teens suffered non-life-threatening injuries and police say they have since been released from ECMC. No information about a suspect or suspects has been released at this time.
There is no word at this time what the argument was about or what school the students attended, but 2 On Your Side's Danielle Church did see the victims being brought out on stretchers on Chippewa Street near the Emerson School of Hospitality.
A spokesperson for the Buffalo School District originally referred us to Buffalo Police for any information about this incident, but sent a district statement just after 4 p.m.
Here is the full statement:
Three Buffalo School of Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management students instigated a violent altercation at Fountain Plaza train station this morning, in which two Emerson School of Hospitality students sustained stab wounds that required stitches. The student victims were treated at ECMC and subsequently released to their parents.
Per procedure and protocol, both the Emerson and the Culinary Arts schools were placed in lockout while the Buffalo Police, NFTA Police, and District Security investigated the incident. District counseling staff was deployed to support the school communities.
The three students who acted in violence have been formally suspended. Two were taken to Buffalo Police Headquarters with their parents for questioned, the third was released to a relative and will be questioned by police at a time when a parent is present.
The District does not tolerate violent aggression of any kind. Students who cause an altercation that leads to physical harm to any other person, whether on or off campus, will certainly face the appropriate consequences for their actions pursuant to the District Code of Conduct and/or local law enforcement.
Additionally, Mayor Byron Brown has pledged to station two B District officers at Fountain Plaza as a preventative, calming presence until further notice.
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