INDIANAPOLIS — Pike Township Schools police are investigating an incident Thursday afternoon in which one student stabbed another student.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan School District of Pike Township confirmed the incident happened around 2 p.m. at Guion Creek Middle School, located at 4401 W. 52nd St., near Georgetown Road.
The spokesperson said a student stabbed another student in the arm with an object.
Police arrived and helped remove the suspect.
The spokesperson has not shared an update on the victim's condition at this time.
According to the spokesperson, all students and staff safely returned to normal operations Thursday afternoon.
Keith Miller, a sixth-grader at the school, said he was outside writing inspirational messages with other students and a teacher at the time.
"We come back inside, like where the gym is, and then they just told us to go in the gym, we're on lockdown mode," Miller said.
Miller said a teacher told him a student was stabbed during lunch.
"It was kind of scary. I didn't know what I should do. I was kind of like fight, fight or freeze, and I was frozen. I didn't know what to do," Miller said.
Miller's mom, Tia Johnson, said the school never notified her.
"The only reason I found out is because I went to go look at Channel 13 news, only to see that you all took a picture and said stabbing at the school, so then I came over here and inquired," Johnson said.
Johnson said she wasn't given much information from school staff.
"I shouldn't have to have my son calling me, using somebody else's phone, talking about he's in the gym and they've been pushed in the gym because somebody got stabbed," Johnson said. "Where is the auto call? Where is the alert? It's something about this school to where it's being swept underneath the rug."
The district tells 13News that a message was sent out to Guion Creek Middle School families. It read:
There was an incident this afternoon involving two students. One of the students stabbed the other student in the arm with an object. Pike Police and school administration have removed the accused student and are onsite finishing their investigation. All students and staff are safe and have returned to regular operations.
The district also said it is typical practice to inform parents of incidents that involve a weapon.
Other parents told 13News the incident could have been worse.
"It's probably bad to say but it's surprising that it wasn't a gunshot. You get so numb to it that the surprising factor is that it's a knife. It's shocking that it wasn't a gun," said Patrick Wilson, who was also surprised how young the suspect was. "You have to think about this. It still is a child. So you may not know what's going on with that child at home or whatever. When you stab somebody, you gotta be going through something, to me, especially at that age. We want that child to get the help that he (or) she needs so hopefully that doesn't happen again."
Miller is still shaken up by what happened inside of his school.
"I was kind of flabbergasted. I didn't think that could happen in the school," Miller said.
13News has reached out to Pike Township Schools for further comment and are awaiting a response.