Students, staff member involved in knife incident at Baltimore City school

A student brought a knife to a Baltimore city elementary/middle school Monday and used it on another student and a staff member during a confrontation, a school official said.

Karen Parks, a spokeswoman for the district, said Tuesday that the incident, which she wouldn't describe as a "stabbing," took place at Beechfield Elementary/Middle School.

The student who was cut was taken to the hospital "as a precaution," and the staff member refused medical care, Parks said. She added that the staff's members injuries were "so superficial he or she refused to go to the hospital."

Parks said the staff member was not a teacher. The school system did not provide further details.
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