Freedom High School cooking class student charged in stabbing

TAMPA -- A Freedom High School student was arrested today, accused of stabbing a classmate in the chest during a cooking class, according to the Tampa Police Department.

The trouble started at 1 p.m., police said, when Shakeshia Mckeller, 17, was washing dishes and a 15-year-old boy grabbed her with a pair of salad tongs. Shakeshia held the wrist of the boy, and stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife, Tampa Police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said. The name of the victim was unavailable.

Tampa Fire Rescue officers determined that the boy's injuries were not serious enough to merit a trip to the hospital. Davis said his parents took him to a walk-in clinic for medical care. 

Officers charged Shakeshia with aggravated battery and took her to the Juvenile Assessment Center of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Davis said.

Andrew Meacham, Times staff writer