One student was taken to the hospital and another is facing criminal charges after a stabbing at Westwood Middle School, a spokesperson for Polk County Public Schools said in a news release. Polk County deputies responded at around 1:09 p.m. to the school located on Avenue J. Northwest on a report of a stabbing, the sheriff's office said in an updated news release. There, they learned that a 15-year-old student allegedly stabbed a 14-year-old classmate with a fixed blade knife, similar to that of a paring knife found in a kitchen, then ran away, the sheriff's office reports. MORE: https://bit.ly/3F8PBg2 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay