Calgary police arrest 13-year-old after stabbing

By Alejandro Melgar and Mark Strashok

Posted Nov 15, 2022 2:52 pm.

Last Updated Nov 15, 2022 8:00 pm.

A 13-year-old has been arrested after a stabbing at a high school in the southeast Tuesday.

Police were called to Jack James High School in Forest Lawn around 1 p.m.

The school was placed into lockdown, and one student was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

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Police say the suspect fled, but they were able to arrest him shortly after.

Officers say the suspect is not a student at the school, and they have not said where they arrested him.

Jack James has lifted the lockdown as the threat is no longer there.

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