Stabbing Shuts Down 2 Kings County Schools

Two Kings County schools were put on lock-down Tues­day morn­ing after a man was stabbed in the face by mem­bers of a rival gang. Author­i­ties say the fight broke out in a park off Mari­posa and Fifth Streets in Ave­nal just before 9am and involved at least 6 peo­ple, all rival gang mem­bers. After he was stabbed, police say the vic­tim ran to nearby Ave­nal High School, ask­ing for help and for school staff to call the cops. Offi­cers arrived moments later and shut down both Ave­nal High and the Sun­rise Con­tin­u­a­tion School on the oppo­site side of the park. Three juve­niles, thought to be con­nected to the stab­bing, were then arrested as they were check­ing in for class at Sunrise.