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Student stabbed in fight at Orange County high school

Students on an outdoor campus under a mural that reads The Runnin' Mustangs
One student was injured and another was arrested after a stabbing Friday at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, shown in this 2001 photo.
(Don Tormey / Los Angeles Times)
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One student was arrested after another student was stabbed Friday in a fight at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, spurring a brief shelter-in-place order for the campus, authorities said.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department tweeted just before 2:25 p.m. that deputies were responding to Trabuco Hills, where students and staffers were told to take shelter.

A male student was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, and another male student was arrested, officials said. A fight escalated into the stabbing, Sheriff’s Sgt. Ryan Anderson said.

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“At this time, it appears to be an isolated incident and one person has been detained,” the Sheriff’s Department said on Twitter.

The department reported that the shelter-in-place order had been lifted by 3:40 p.m. and that students were leaving campus.

The Saddleback Valley Unified School District did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday afternoon.

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City News Service contributed to this report.

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