UPDATE: A 16-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with this incident.

Original story below…

ESSEX, MD—Police are on the scene of a reported stabbing in the Essex area.

At around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, officers responded to an off-campus stabbing near Kenwood High School.

Police confirm to NottinghamMD.com that a juvenile was assaulted and “sustained a puncture wound” in an off-campus incident.  An exact location has not yet been confirmed.

No arrests have been made at this time.

Photo via Baltimore County Police Department