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CARDOZO LOCKDOWN
Teen turns self in for stabbing student & causing alarm
BY JENNA BAGCAL,
ZACHARY GEWELB, MARK HALLUM
AND ROBERT POZARYCKI
editorial@qns.com
@QNS
A 15-year-old boy turned himself into
police on Tuesday aft ernoon hours aft er
he allegedly slashed a Benjamin Cardozo
High School student in the head and
caused a lengthy lockdown of the Bayside
institution.
Police withheld the boy’s identity due
to his age. According to sources familiar
with the investigation, the teenager was
charged with assault and criminal possession
of a weapon.
Th e suspect turned himself in to the
111th Precinct at the command’s Bayside
headquarters on the aft ernoon of Dec. 11
amid reports and public alarm over the
incident.
Law enforcement sources said that the
slashing occurred at about 8:48 a.m. on
Tuesday morning, when the 15-yearold
suspect confronted the 14-year-old
Heavily-armored police offi cers exit Benjamin Cardozo High School in Bayside during a lockdown on Dec. 11
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Students and police offi cers outside Cardozo High School
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