Amador County – A 17-year-old Amador High School senior was arrested after stabbing a 16-year-old sophomore during a fight on their Sutter Creek campus Monday, hospitalizing the sophomore, while the senior was arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon.

Sutter Creek Police Chief Brian Klier said since both boys are minors, their names cannot be released. He said the senior was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon on school grounds, both felonies. He was also charged with misdemeanor battery on a person on school grounds, and there may be other charges, after getting a statement from the victim. Those could include “inflicting corporal injury on a child,” because of the victim’s age.

“At this time we don’t think that it is gang-related, but that is still being investigated,” Klier said. The two boys had a history of verbal confrontations, at the school and elsewhere. They “had lot of verbal taunting” between them, and “they just basically don’t like each other.”

Klier said the physical altercation was only between these two, and he was not aware of any verbal altercations between other students at the time of the fight.

The fight happened at about 10 a.m., between the office and the “S” building on the east side of campus, closest to the lower student parking lot.

Klier said the incident began as a verbal confrontation, and it was not the first verbal altercation between the two. The boys “then started to physically hit each other. Both subjects were hitting each other. During the fight, the senior bought out a small knife and stabbed the sophomore in the abdomen.” He was not sure of the depth of the wound, but from what he could tell, the sophomore stabbing victim was awake, conscious, and alert when medics were treating him.

Paramedics were immediately brought in, and the sophomore was flown to U.C. Davis Medical Center. Amador County School Superintendent Dick Glock said “according to the medical personnel the injured student’s vital signs are stable and very good,” as he was in transport to U.C. Davis. “The student using the knife and several others who may have been involved have been detained. All other students are safe and will continue through their regular day.”

The senior was “interviewed by me,” Klier said. Once completed, Klier took the senior to Sutter Amador Hospital in Jackson for medical clearance, then to the Amador County Probation Department for processing. The senior would then be taken to a juvenile detention facility out of the county.

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