(WXYZ) — The Auburn Hills Police Department said that an Avondale High School student was stabbed after a fight in a bathroom.
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According to the police department, there was a fight between a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy inside the bathroom at the school around 7:30 a.m.
The 16-year-old reportedly stabbed the 15-year-old with a small pocket knife. The victim initially refused transport to the hospital but was later taken to the hospital by his parents.
The school district was previously in a soft lockdown, but that lockdown has since been lifted. A spokesperson for the school district said "there is no further evidence of a threat to any building or students within the district."
Police say surveillance video showed the suspect leave the campus on foot. Detectives were able to get in contact with his parents, and the suspect was taken into custody around 9:40 a.m. He is currently being lodged at the Children's Village Juvenile Detention Center.
