Nov 29 - Student Sets Teacher Gabriela Peñalba On Fire: Police

[Deadpool1986]

A Tennessee high school teacher was set on fire by one of her students, cops said.

WATE reports that Gabriela Penalba, 23, turned her back to her class on Monday morning at West High School in Knoxville when a 15-year-old male student set her hair and shirt ablaze using his lighter, police said.

Students quickly put the fire out.

Gawker notes that the student allegedly "exploited the commotion" by throwing the lighter out the window and fleeing before being captured by police.

The quick thinking of her students helped Penalba avoid any burns, according to WBIR.


The student faces aggravated assault and evading arrest charges.

His name has not been released because he's a minor and has not been charged as an adult.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/28/student-sets-teacher-on-fire_n_4356616.html

I'm glad she's OK, but what made this kid want to set his teacher on fire? He needs to be charged with attempted murder and tried as an adult!!!

 

[Wildin]

I've seen it happen. This kid was flicking his lighter at lunch and as a joke he flicked it toward this broads hair and it sparked. It wasn't like he threw a flammable substance at her and lit it or held the lighter til she caught fire, ppl still went around saying Mark lit some girls hair on fire though

 

[mrken12]

People get lit up everyday, b.