Boy, 11, punches principal during violent tantrum
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BRANDON — Police had to be summoned after an 11-year-old student punched the principal of his school, caused “significant” damage by overturning furniture and throwing items and even punched a hole in the wall big enough to get into the adjoining room.
Brandon police took the boy into custody on Tuesday following the violent episode at Earl Oxford School, a kindergarten to Grade 8 building.
The Brandon Police Service received reports of an “escalating and violent” situation involving a student around 1 p.m.
When officers got to the school, they could hear the youth screaming and striking walls and doors inside a room, police said in a news release Wednesday.
Staff told police the student had caused “significant” damage by overturning furniture and throwing items, police said.
A staff member witnessed the student punch the principal in the face several times, police said.
Officers and staff worked together to de-escalate the situation while they waited for the child’s parent.
The boy’s mother arrived, and officers allowed her to speak with him, but the boy proceeded to punch a hole through a wall and entered the next room through it, police said.
Police said officers took the boy into custody because of safety concerns, and while escorting him from the school, he resisted and kicked an officer multiple times.
The mother was briefly taken into custody after she repeatedly interfered with police despite being told to “remain back,” the news release said.
She was later released without charges.
The youth eventually calmed down, and officers removed his handcuffs and gave him water.
Police arranged for the boy to speak with mental-health professionals at the Child and Adolescent Treatment Centre before they turned him over to his father and centre staff, BPS said.
“Brandon Police Service continues to work with the Brandon School Division and the family in the interest of safety and support for the child, staff and school community,” BPS said in the release.
— Brandon Sun