Student describes witnessing fight with knife on Cupertino high school’s campus

The Brief

  • The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office detained a student who was involved in a fight with another student on a high-school campus in Cupertino.
  • Officials said one student pulled out a knife. The student with the weapon doesn’t belong to their school system.
  • No significant injuries were reported. Officials said there didn’t appear to be any knife-related injuries.

CUPERTINO, Calif. Officials confirm a knife was used in a fight on campus at Cupertino‘s Homestead High School Monday afternoon. There were no significant injuries, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office.

Student from outside district

What we know:

Sheriff’s officials said their deputies responded to the report of a disturbance just before 3:30 p.m. School officials said this happened at the end of the school day. The school, part of Fremont Union High School District, is located at 21370 Homestead Road.

When sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene, they found two students who had been involved in a physical fight, though they did not see anyone with knife-related injuries.

School officials said they were alerted to the presence of a student, who does not belong to their district, on campus and in possession of a knife. Denae Nurnberg, Homestead High’s principal, said the student with the knife was arrested by sheriff’s deputies.

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