5.20.2022 Detectives Investigate Stabbing

Gaithersburg, Md. (May 13, 2022) On May 12, 2022, at 2:54 p.m., officers from the Gaithersburg Police Department and the Montgomery County Police - 6th District responded to the corner of S. Frederick Avenue and Education Boulevard for the report of a stabbing that had just occurred.

Upon arriving, officers located a juvenile female victim on-scene. Officers provided medical attention to the victim until Montgomery County Fire Rescue arrived and transported the juvenile victim to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigation revealed that the two juveniles had a verbal argument off school property that escalated into a physical altercation. During the altercation, the suspect brandished a cutting instrument, causing non-life-threatening lacerations to the victim's extremities.

The juvenile female suspect, a student at Gaithersburg High School, was located and taken into custody without incident. She is being charged as a juvenile.