Teen boy found stabbed near east-end high school

A teenage boy has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after he was found suffering from stab wounds near an east-end high school.

Police were called to Neil McNeil Catholic High School on Victoria Park Avenue near Kingston Road just after 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

According to a witness who spoke with CityNews, the victim – believe to be 16-years-old – got into a verbal argument with a female student from nearby Notre Dame High School. The female then called her older brother who showed up with two other people and assaulted the teen.

“They all had knives and (expletive),” said the boy only identified as King. “They had their hands in their pockets. The youth who hit him with the baseball bat, he had a hammer in his side bag. Then he hit him with a baseball bat on his forehead and his arm. Then he got stabbed in his chest. They all hopped in a white van and left.”

Police say the victim was found inside the school but say the stabbing occurred at a nearby plaza, which has also been cordoned off by police tape.

The school was put in locked down as a precaution but that order was lifted just before 3 p.m.

The boy’s injuries are not considered life-threatening.

There is no word yet on suspects or if this incident is connected to the stabbing of a 17-year-old that took place almost seven kilometres away.

Stabbing:
Victoria Park Ave / Bracken Ave
– a teenage boy has been stabbed.
– units are OS at school
– boy has been taken to hospital w serious injs, does not appear to be life threatening at this time
– school placed in lockdown as a precaution, no other injs#GO1855131^adc

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) September 26, 2019