Aug. 8, 2025 By Bill Parry

A 14-year-old boy was arrested Aug. 7 and charged with assault, menacing, and other related crimes for allegedly stabbing a classmate multiple times in broad daylight on Broadway in Elmhurst, according to authorities.

The youngster, who was not identified because he is a minor, got into a dispute with another 14-year-old boy at a nearby charter school that escalated into violence at around 2:15 p.m. when he pulled out a knife and stabbed his classmate in the face, arm and hands in front of a group of screaming kids on Broadway near Justice Avenue, police said.

The wounded boy sought refuge in Castle Chicken at 85-55 Broadway, where workers called police. Officers from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst responded to the call of an assault in progress and took the a

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