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Security Officer Stabbed at School in Bronx, New York – NBC New York (47)

NEW YORK — An intruder who tried to attack a teacher at a public elementary school in the Bronx ended up stabbing a “heroic” school security officer on duty who intervened and stopped the attack, Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday. A suspect is in custody.

The officer was taken to a hospital after receiving a cut behind his ear at PS 69, Journey Prep School, on Thieriot Avenue around 7:40 am The officer is expected to be okay.

A senior law enforcement official described the suspect as the ex-boyfriend of the teacher he allegedly tried to attack at PS 69 when parents were dropping their children off at school for the day. The school serves more than 560 students in pre-K through 5th grade, along with special education students, according to the Department of Education.

Adams called the school violence “unacceptable” and said the suspect would be brought to justice.

The violence comes less than a week after an honors student was killed and two other students were injured in a drive-by shooting outside a high school in the same district. The latest incident has local advocates calling for more support.

Local 237 Teamsters union president Gregory Floyd has demanded that the mayor provide more school safety officers “now,” as has the NYC School Safety Coalition, a local group representing parents, families, faith leaders and community leaders.

“What will it take? Death? Mayor Adams: Hire more school officers now,” Floyd said.

The coalition said there have been 41 attacks on school security officers this academic year alone, up 30% from the previous year, and also called for more help.

Our sister network News 4 has contacted the city’s Department of Education for comment.

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