One week after one student stabbed and killed another at Maryvale High School in Phoenix, a mother-daughter tandem of local public officials attempted to smuggle a box cutter into the school as a stunt, according to a press release from the Phoenix Union High School District.

Lydia Hernandez and her daughter, Cassandra Hernandez, allegedly filmed each other going through security checks at the school on Tuesday as a "test" of the school's security in the wake of the Aug. 19 killing of 16-year-old Michael Montoya II. The box cutter was found during a screening and the pair were escorted off the campus and asked "multiple times" to leave, according to the district.

The district said it is "actively reviewing evidence, video surveillance, and witness statements. We will pursue all legal

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