Two students were stabbed and three arrested Wednesday afternoon as the result of a fight in the cafeteria at Wharton High School. The high school and Wharton Junior High School were put on lockdown while law enforcement responded to the incident. The fight reportedly started when a student who had been bullied drew a “bladed object” when he was about to be attacked by other students.
The two stabbed students were flown by medical helicopters to Houston hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities are declining to provide names of the students who were stabbed but did name the three 17-year-olds who were arrested. Leroy Scarlett and Trace Alvarado were charged with Class A assault and Jordi Vasquez was charged with tampering with evidence.