A Winter Haven High School student has been charged with attempted murder after investigators said he stabbed another student multiple times early today.
Jade Iree Mose, 16, of Winter Haven, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder, carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a weapon on school property and a violation of probation.
Mose was previously charged in April with having a knife on the same school campus.
The victim, Luke Kendall, 16, was airlifted to Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where he remains in stable condition.
Kendall's parents said they talked to their son and students at the school who called it a random attack. No one knew Mose from school, said Dean Kendall, who is Luke Kendall's dad.
Dean Kendall said they are planning to send their son back to Winter Haven High once he recovers.
"We're blessed to have a lot of support from our church family, our family," Dean Kendall said.
Police have recovered the knife used in the attack, said Winter Haven Police Chief Gary Hester.
He added that the attack appears to be a random act that occurred in a courtyard at the school, and the two students involved had no connection to each other or previous fights. There is no apparent motive.
According to Winter Haven Police Lt. Brad Coleman, Mose and Kendall got into an altercation but were quickly separated by school staff.
Kendall is a home-schooled student who takes one class at the school. Kendall also is a member of the school's ROTC program and is on the track and swim teams.
The school will have counselors available for students because the attack occurred in a large courtyard outside the cafeteria where hundreds of students gather before school.
Police officers will remain on the campus Tuesday.
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