A Brooklyn high school student was stabbed in the neck with a hair pick on his first day of class Wednesday, authorities said.
The 17-year-old was outside of Automotive High School on Bedford Ave. in Greenpoint about 8:45 a.m. when Travell Brown, also 17, allegedly attacked him during a fight in the courtyard.
.Medics rushed the teen to Woodhull Hospital = with the hair pick still stuck in his neck. He suffered minor injuries to hand, back, neck and head, authorities said.
Sources with knowledge of the case said the two teens have been warring since summer school.
Brown is charged with assault.
“We’re providing the school with additional supports and will ensure appropriate follow-up action is taken, ” said city Department of Education spokeswoman Miranda Barbot.
The arrest near Automotive High School was one of ten incidents at city schools involving weapons Wednesday, according a spokesperson for school safety agents union.
No guns were involved.
That’s in contrast to the first day of school in 2017, when a 15-year-old boy was arrested after he brought a loaded weapon into the Brooklyn School for Career Development in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
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