One student hospitalized and another arrested for assault with a knife after on-campus fight

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – One student was sent to the hospital and La Colina Junior High was placed on a brief shelter-in-place protocol while police searched for another student following an on-campus fight.

According to Santa Barbara Unified School District, the two students were involved in a fight during lunchtime at Quetzal, an alternative junior high program that shares a campus with La Colina.

Two students were seen leaving campus after the fight but were found nearby in the 700 block of Cieneguitas Road detailed the Santa Barbara Police Department.

One of those students who left campus was arrested and booked into Santa Barbara County Juvenile Hall for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a knife on a school campus, and a crime committed in furtherance of a criminal street gang explained the Santa Barbara Police Department.

The shelter protocol was in place for 40 minutes while the campus was secured and there was no general threat to the campus at any point shared the Santa Barbara Unified School District in a statement about the incident.