NORTH HOLLYWOOD : Girl, 13, Waving Knife Shot With Police Taser

A distraught eighth-grader who was waving a knife on a North Hollywood campus was shot with electrically charged darts by police Tuesday after officers and school administrators could not persuade her to drop the weapon, authorities said.

The 13-year-old girl was not injured in the 40-minute episode that ended about 10:30 a.m. at Walter Reed Junior High School, police and school administrators said.

Principal Larry Tash said the girl, who carried a paring knife, was upset over a relationship with a boy. Police said the girl made threatening moves with the knife at herself and others and said she was going to injure another student.

Sgt. Robert Ontiveros said officers were unsuccessful in persuading the girl to drop the weapon and determined that using a Taser gun “was the only way to make her give up the knife” without injuring herself or others.