15-year-old arrested after attacking fellow student at Perry Meridian High School

INDIANAPOLIS — A 15-year-old student at Perry Meridian High School was taken into police custody on Thursday after assaulting a fellow student and sending them to the hospital.

According to a police report filed by the Perry Township School Police Department, officers responded to Perry Meridian High School at around 11 a.m. Thursday on report of a battery.

Police said a 15-year-old male student was accused of assaulting a fellow student. The student was injured severely enough to be transported to a hospital, according to the report.

“We are disturbed by the assault of a Perry Meridian High School student by a fellow student. No student, or person, should be subjected to violence,” the school district said in response to the attack.

Perry Township Schools said a school police officer responded “within seconds of the incident” and took the 15-year-old into custody.

“Although we cannot disclose details,  we can say that any student who commits violent acts will be disciplined to the fullest extent as outlined in our Student Success Handbook,” the school district said.

This arrest comes on the heels of numerous school threats made across the country. In Indiana alone there have been more than 15 students arrested for threats since the start of the school year.

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