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Mom Arrested After Child Stabs School Officer With Pen

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A school resource officer had to go to the hospital Tuesday after an 8-year-old student attacked him with a pen.  

The incident started at Dupont-Hadley Middle School where some students and staff said they saw the boy kicking a dog.  

SRO Randy Fowler caught up with the boy at his nearby home, and placed him in handcuffs. 

That's when Fowler said the boy's mother, 31-year old Rachel Swafford, pushed her son inside and scuffled with the officer.  

The boy somehow got out of the handcuffs, and Fowler said the boy stabbed him in the leg with a pen. 

The boy was charged with animal cruelty, loitering during school hours, aggravated assault and resisting arrest. The mother was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.

Officer Fowler is expected to be ok.