MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A Miami-Dade high school student is accused of attacking two school employees during a classroom disturbance Friday morning, authorities said.
Officers with the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department identified the suspect as Charlise Sydnie Hurst, 19, of Homestead.
The attack occurred around 11 a.m. at the Ruth Owens Kruse Education Center, located at 11001 SW 76th St., where Hurst is a student.
According to an arrest report, Hurst pulled the hair of two employees, forcing them to the floor and holding them down for several minutes.
Investigators said she also threatened a teacher, stating, “B----, I’m going to come back and kill you.”
The report stated that the entire class fled the classroom out of fear.
School administrators, security and additional teachers responded due to the disruption, which police said interfered with the educational process and orderly conduct of the campus.
Hurst was then taken into custody.
The school’s website, states that “for over 50 years Ruth Owens Krusé has been a tireless advocate, focusing on such issues as mental health services, juvenile justice, education and safety for some of our community’s most vulnerable children and their families.”
Jail records show she is facing one count of battery on a specified official or employee and one count of disrupting or interfering with an educational institution.
As of Saturday morning, she was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. where her bond was listed as “to be set.”
A motive for the attack remains unclear.
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