A 16-year-old student died Wednesday after being stabbed by another teenager during a fight in a classroom at Fitzgerald High School in Warren, said police commissioner Warren at a press conference this morning. morning.

The suspect, a 17-year-old girl, is in detention, he said. He said that a knife had been recovered.

Dwyer said the victim had been stabbed twice and taken to St. John Oakland Hospital after the assault around 8:30.

The school is located on Ryan Road, north of 9 Mile.

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No one can be immediately reached in the high school or district superintendent's office.

according to an ad on the Fitzgerald Public Schools website by Superintendent Laurie Fournier, the high school has been closed until further notice. A more recent post on Facebook said that the school had started firing students for the day.

"Please note that the safety of our students and staff is our number one priority," according to the announcement.

Lisa Crabtree of Warren was waiting this morning in high school for her 13-year-old daughter, Abygail, to be released from her class. Crabtree said that her daughter told her that the police escorted students by class.

"She's scared to death," Crabtree said of her daughter.

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