An 18-year-old and a 15-year-old were hospitalized Monday afternoon after a stabbing at Miami Northwestern Senior High School in Liberty City, with crime scene tape wrapping the campus at 1100 NW 71st St. while investigators worked the scene. Miami Fire Rescue and the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office responded to the altercation, according to City of Miami Fire Rescue.
City of Miami Fire Rescue reported that the 18-year-old was stabbed and stabilized before being taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center, as reported by WSVN. Paramedics separately transported the 15-year-old, who suffered a laceration to the hand, to the hospital. Local 10 News reported that Miami Fire Rescue arrived around 12:27 p.m. and that the younger victim was treated for the hand injury, while CBS News Miami reported the teen was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's main campus rather than the trauma center, with both victims listed in stable condition.
WSVN captured footage of one victim being wheeled into Ryder Trauma Center as the school remained cordoned off. Miami-Dade Schools Police investigators were present behind the school building, and the outlet said it had reached out to Miami-Dade Schools Police for further information. It remains unclear where on campus the stabbing took place, what weapon was used, or whether a suspect has been taken into custody.
A Campus With a Painful Recent History
Monday's stabbing lands on a campus still grappling with the aftermath of student violence. In December 2024, 17-year-old Miami Northwestern junior and football player Yahkeim Lollar was fatally stabbed, and 18-year-old Jahara Malik was later sentenced to 17 years in state prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the case, according to Local 10 News. This spring, the school honored Lollar with a posthumous diploma plaque presented to his family during the Class of 2026 graduation ceremony at the Ziff Opera House, journalist Christian Colón reported on Facebook.
The school has also seen gun violence in recent years. CBS News Miami reported that in January 2024, a 15-year-old student was arrested and charged as an adult with attempted premeditated murder after allegedly shooting another 15-year-old student five times outside the school following a basketball game. Years earlier, in September 2022, a student was arrested after bringing a BB gun onto the campus, triggering a security alert, per the same Local 10 News archive.
Weapons Enforcement Continues Across North Miami-Dade
The incident follows a pattern of weapons concerns rippling through nearby campuses. Hoodline reported that three people were arrested near Miami Central High School earlier this month after loaded weapons were recovered from a vehicle, underscoring broader public safety concerns across North Miami-Dade school campuses.
Under Florida Statute § 790.115, possessing or displaying a weapon, knife, razor blade, box cutter, or firearm on public school grounds without authorization is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison, according to the Florida Senate's published statutes. Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, which is investigating Monday's stabbing alongside city agencies, operates as the nation's largest dedicated school-based law enforcement agency, a structure CBS News has reported was built out following mandates tied to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.
Miami Northwestern Senior High enrolls roughly 1,479 students in grades 9 through 12, according to Public School Review data citing federal education records. No further details about the circumstances of Monday's stabbing, the relationship between those involved, or any potential charges have been released.
