{"id":206101,"date":"2026-03-25T22:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206101\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T22:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:52:16","slug":"florida-middle-school-student-accused-of-stabbing-2-students-1-adult-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206101\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida middle school student accused of stabbing 2 students, 1 adult on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. &#8211; A 12-year-old is facing charges after deputies say the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida<\/a> middle school student stabbed two students and one adult while on campus on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">According to the Walton County Sheriff\u2019s Office, a stabbing was reported at Walton Middle School in DeFuniak Springs in DeFuniak Springs in the morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">A school resource deputy who was already on site responded immediately and notified school staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Minutes later, the 12-year-old suspect was detained a block away from the school and a knife was found in a retention pond, according to WCSO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Two students and an adult who was a paraprofessional were taken to an area hospital for injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The paraprofessional was treated and released, but the students were still hospitalized on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The suspect has been formally charged with attempted murder, two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, wearing a mask during the commission of a felony, tampering with evidence, and disrupting a school function.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The suspect is being held without bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The name of the suspect has not been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The circumstances surrounding the stabbing have not been made publicly available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;This incident was brought under control within minutes due to the swift response of our School Resource Deputy, patrol deputies, and our partners at the DeFuniak Springs Police Department,&#8221; said Sheriff Michael Adkinson. &#8220;We remain committed to supporting the victims, their families, and the Walton Middle School community as this case moves forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written with information posted on social media by the Walton County Sheriff\u2019s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. &#8211; A 12-year-old is facing charges after deputies say the Florida middle school student stabbed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[630,47,28,30,29,115,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-206101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}