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CLAYTON — Many college students at Hazelwood East High School have been killed Monday as police investigated a number of threats after a video went viral exhibiting a 15-year-old woman violently beating one other woman close to the college final week. I left college early within the morning.
The video, which exhibits one woman smashing one other woman’s head on concrete throughout a scuffle, was extensively shared on-line over the weekend. Some media shops initially reported that the woman had died, however police mentioned Sunday that she was in essential situation.
Meanwhile, a number of mother and father of Hazelwood college students mentioned Monday they’re annoyed with what they are saying is an absence of communication from the district.
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Students began leaving college round 1:30 p.m. At least 4 St. Louis County Police Department automobiles and one Creve Coeur car have been stationed outdoors the college’s entrance, and a number of other police canines led the way in which by way of the college.
School district spokeswoman Jordyn Elston mentioned police performed a “bomb drill” on the college and the scholars have been launched at common hours.
But St. Louis County Police Department spokeswoman Tracy Panas mentioned officers have been investigating “quite a few” threats on the college and have been conducting extra patrols.
Law enforcement officers are at Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis County on Monday, March 11, 2024. Photo by Christine Tannous, ctannous@post-dispatch.com
Christine Tannous, post-deployment
Several mother and father mentioned they weren’t notified by the college district and solely discovered of the early dismissal from their youngsters.
Lisa King, a mother or father of a senior scholar, mentioned she had needed to select up her daughter however wasn’t stunned by the college’s latest transfer.
“[Safety] It’s been an issue right here for a very long time,” King mentioned.
Sophomore Shalimar Ross mentioned in an interview Monday that the woman who was punched within the video had just lately been bullied and was inspired by her classmates final week to “battle again.”
Now, because the story continues to unfold throughout the nation, “we do not know what to consider and what to not consider,” Ross mentioned.
A canine is led round by legislation enforcement officers at Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis County on Monday, March 11, 2024. Photo by Christine Tannous, ctannous@post-dispatch.com
Christine Tannous, post-deployment
Police responded to a battle at Norgate Drive and Claudine Drive in Spanish Lake, a group in northern St. Louis County, on Friday round 2:30 p.m. One woman was discovered with extreme accidents to her head, and a 15-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and despatched to juvenile court docket.
A listening to to resolve whether or not to cost the boy as an grownup had not been scheduled as of Monday afternoon. If juvenile court docket officers resolve to file grownup fees, a St. Louis County juvenile choose will finally resolve on their request.
If the choose agrees with juvenile court docket officers, St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell will take over the case.
“This is disgusting (and) very troublesome to look at,” Bell mentioned Monday on X, previously often known as Twitter. “Unless licensed, this can be a juvenile court docket matter…(and) by legislation, certification is just not our determination both. We pray for the sufferer to make a full restoration. This is actually heartbreaking. It’s heartbreaking.”
If the woman is licensed as an grownup, she may very well be charged with first-degree assault. The crime is outlined as when somebody “makes an attempt to kill one other particular person, or deliberately causes or makes an attempt to trigger severe harm to a different particular person.”
There is not any cost for tried homicide in Missouri, however many individuals on social media have been calling for one.
“The Hazelwood School District extends its deepest condolences to everybody concerned and can present extra emotional assist by way of our Outreach and Crisis Response Team to these in want,” the assertion mentioned.
Anaya Brouillette, whose daughter is a third-grader at Hazelwood East, mentioned Monday that violence and bullying have been issues for years on the college.
Now she and her daughter are searching for different choices.
“She bought to the purpose the place her grades have been actually dangerous as a result of she needed to miss a whole lot of college due to the bullying,” Blewett mentioned. “She does not even wish to return.”
The Hazelwood School District launched an announcement Saturday condemning “bullying and combating in our group” and calling on folks to “take possession and work towards options for our kids.”
Nine college students have been disciplined for combating at Hazelwood East final 12 months, essentially the most of any college within the St. Louis space, in response to district information.
That quantity was barely decrease than Hazelwood Central, the place 11 college students have been disciplined, and akin to Vashon High School in St. Louis and Pattonville High School in Maryland Heights.
The Post-Dispatch’s Blythe Bernhard contributed to this report.
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A have a look at life in St. Louis by way of the lens of a post-deployment photographer. Photos by post-deployment photographers, edited by Jenna Jones.
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