An elementary after-school program is supposed to be one of the last places parents imagine something like this could happen. Kids are supposed to be finishing homework, playing outside, waiting for pickup, doing all the ordinary things that make the afternoon feel safe and predictable.
Instead, one California family is now grappling with the fact that a 7-year-old girl was allegedly attacked by a 10-year-old boy who did not even attend the school.
That is what makes this story so disturbing. It was not a fight between classmates or some chaotic scene spilling over from outside. According to police, a child who was not enrolled at Bubb Elementary School or its after-school program showed up, stabbed a 7-year-old girl, and then ran off.
It Happened in the Middle of the Afternoon
The stabbing happened around 3:30 p.m. on March 11 at Bubb Elementary School in Mountain View, California…