Fight between two teenagers at middle school ends in stabbing

A teacher and student are recovering in the hospital after a social-media driven fight at Pembroke Pines Middle School Friday ended with three people being stabbed.

Pembroke Pines police said the incident happened at about 9 a.m. at the school, 200 North Douglas Road, as students were moving in the hallway between class periods. Two 13-year-old female students got into a fight and the suspect stabbed the other student with a pair of scissors.

When a teacher, 59-year-old Dorthea Oatt, and another 13-year-old boy tried to break up the fight, they were stabbed.

Oatt and the female victim were taken to a local hospital with stab wounds to their shoulders. Neither suffered any other serious injuries. The 13-year-old boy had his hand treated on the scene by Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue workers.

A school resource officer arrested the suspect, who was taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center. She’s charged with aggravated battery. Police did not identify her.

This story was originally published March 17, 2017 at 4:14 PM with the headline "Fight between two teenagers at middle school ends in stabbing."