Social media posts overnight are apparently what led to a female Texarkana Independent School District student being stabbed on a school bus Thursday morning, an official said.
"It appears that the incident began via Facebook social posts last night and continued into the morning," the TISD executive director of public relations Tina Veal-Gooch wrote in a update just after noon.
The victim was stabbed five to eight times with a standard pocket knife while riding Bus 601, which was substituting for Bus 587's routes.
The stabbing occurred about 7:50 a.m. Thursday as the bus was at West 22nd and Hazel streets as three female high school students got into a fight "fairly quickly upon entering the bus," Veal-Gooch said.
The victim was immediately taken to CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System.
"Her wounds have been treated, and the family is waiting on a physician to determine if any surgery will be necessary. Texas High School Principal Brad Bailey has been with the family most of the morning," Veal-Gooch said.
The suspect was taken into custody by TISD Police Department.
"At present, she is still being interviewed, and all paperwork is being prepared to take her to Bi-State Justice (Building) to go before a judge and the arrest be made. We are not certain of what the final charge will be, but it could possibly be aggravated assault," Veal-Gooch said.
The third female student was questioned and released.
About 25 students were removed and taken by another bus to TISD's bus department area and questioned about the incident, Veal-Gooch said.
Bailey contacted all the students' parents so the students could go home for the day based on the circumstances.