Student stabbed on campus in possibly racially motivated incident

Gretchen Losi:

A Silverado student was stabbed Wednesday morning during an on-campus altercation that may have been race-related, officials said.

The stabbing happened around 9 a.m. after a group of more than three black males confronted one Hispanic male and began arguing, said Shelly Williams, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Victorville station.

"The Hispanic juvenile said he had the knife to protect himself. He was carrying it because he had been jumped before. He didn't say if it was at the school, and he was afraid," Williams said.

As the juveniles argued, the Hispanic male produced the knife and stabbed one of the black males on the side of his lower torso, Williams said.

The victim then went straight to the Athletic Department office where authorities were called. At the time Williams reported that those on scene saw the injured boy bleeding but it was not immediately clear what happened to him.

Principal Susan Levine released a statement saying that "paramedics were called and the student was treated and released."

The name of the suspected assailant was not released but he is a 16-year-old juvenile. The name of the 19-year-old victim was also not being released, but all are Silverado students, Williams said.

"We have reason to believe it was racially motivated," Williams said. She added that the victim was not being cooperative with authorities in divulging information.

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