BLYTHEWOOD – After a fight outside a Ridge View High School classroom late Tuesday morning, two 16-year–old male students were injured and a 17-year-old male student was later arrested and charged with attempted murder, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. It was reported late Tuesday that 17-year-old will be tried as an adult.
The 17-year-old student is accused of stabbing one of the 16-year-old males several times in the upper body before running from the scene. The 16-year-old suffered puncture wounds and was taken to an area hospital, according to Richland Two media spokesperson Ishmael Tate.
There was no update on the student’s condition at press time on Tuesday, but Tate said the student was conscious when he arrived at an area hospital.
Another 16-year-old student suffered a minor injury but did not go to the hospital, the sheriff’s depart
