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  • Why police rushed to Wheaton High for a reported stabbing

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📰 News we're reading

• Wheaton High School Student Suffers Laceration During Campus Brawl (mymcmedia.org) — A student at Wheaton High School received a minor hand cut during a fight on campus Wednesday afternoon, prompting a police response for a reported stabbing. No one was taken to the hospital, and the other student left before officers arrived, leaving no arrests so far as the investigation continues.
   

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