A 13-year-old girl in North Carolina was arrested for allegedly attacking a firefighter with a knife and trying to slash other firefighters and police officers at the scene.
The Gastonia Police Department (GPD) said in a Facebook post that officers arrested and charged a 13-year-old female Tuesday evening after she used a knife to cut one Gastonia Fire Department (GFD) firefighter and then attempted to assault another firefighter.
The juvenile also assaulted responding police officers, the department said Wednesday. The firefighter who was cut was treated for minor injuries.
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A Gastonia, North Carolina, firefighter was attacked by a 13-year-old with a knife, police said. (Gastonia Fire Department)
At approximately 9 p.m. Tuesday, GPD officers responded to the 3200 block of Pikes Peak Drive after GFD personnel “reported that one of their firefighters was just assaulted by a juvenile armed with a knife,” the police press release said. “When officers arrived, they saw firefighters restraining the combative juvenile.”
The juvenile then allegedly assaulted the officers who were trying to get her into custody. GPD officers contacted personnel from the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Gastonia, North Carolina, firefighters seen responding to an unrelated blaze last year. Gastonia police said a firefighter was recently assaulted on the job by a teenage girl. (Gastonia Fire Department)
The juvenile, whose name has not been released, was charged with aggravated assault and assault charges and ordered to be held in a secure juvenile detention facility in Concord.
It is not clear why Gastonia firefighters had initially responded to that address in the Crowder’s View community, about 5 miles from downtown, before the alleged assault unfolded.
Gastonia police said a 13-year-old girl was arrested for allegedly assaulting a firefighter with a knife. (Gastonia Police Department)
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Fox News Digital reached out to both Gaston County Chief of Police Joseph D. Ramey and Social Services Director Angela Karchmer for comment regarding the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council. Gastonia, with a population of about 81,000 people, is considered the second-largest satellite city in the Charlotte, North Carolina, metropolitan area, behind Concord.
