SWORD PING!...
Posted on 04/09/2014 12:36:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Armed with two knives, a 16-year-old student at Franklin Regional High School in Murraysville, Pennsylvania attacked his classmates this morning. Four students are in critical condition, while the suspect is in custody — after having been tackled by an assistant principal to end the attack:
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Multiple people were stabbed at a high school in the suburbs east of Pittsburgh, officials said.
Emergency management spokesman Dan Stevens said four students were believed to be seriously injured when a student with a knife stabbed or slashed others, injuring as many as 20.
Stevens said not all of the 20 injured were cut by the knife, though most were. Some suffered scrapes and cuts in the mayhem that ensued at Franklin Regional High School on Wednesday morning. Stevens says it doesn’t appear any students suffered life-threatening injuries.
While Stevens said all the injured are between 14 and 17 years old, hospital officials told CBS Pittsburgh the patients they were taking in from the incident range from 15 to 60 years old.
The FBI also responded to the scene, but are emphasizing that they are in a support role only. This will be a local investigation.
The number of potential victims might have been higher, but a quick-thinking student hit the fire alarm. Another saved one of the severely-wounded victims by staying with her and keeping pressure on the injury to keep her from bleeding out:
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Alyssa Finch, who said she is a student at Franklin Regional High School, told ABC News a fellow student pulled the fire alarm during the stabbing “because he knew what was happening … and he wanted the people to get out.”
KTLA in Los Angeles picked up on the story of the assistant principal’s action:
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At Least 20 Students Injured in Pennsylvania High School Stabbing
WTAE has raw video of the suspect:
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ABC continued its coverage with updates on medical treatment for the victims. All eight of the seriously wounded will need surgery, and three of them needed it immediately:
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Pray for the victims. If readers want to help, one way would be to contact your local Red Cross for blood donations, or contributions.
> Ban knives?
I see banning weapons has worked out well military bases.../s
Impossible, schools are a knife free zone.
Armed with two knives a 16-year-old student attacked his classmates this morning.
What prescribed meds he is on?
Still waiting on a perp name and a face...
Forks can do a good job of perforation.
> Ban knives?
I see banning weapons has worked out well on military bases.../s
No knifes zones in 3..2..1...
I saw the face. Typical HS sophomore. In appearance, it could have been my son.
Likely some "dreamy" guy.
They should ban toothpicks too because you know they just jump out of the box and stab you in the eye
A Carbide tip greatly reduces the need to re-sharpen.
Where, if you don’t mind me asking?
guaranteed that’s the situation
The student who pulled the fire alarm should be suspended, expelled and charged under the zero tolerance policy. Obviously no fire occurred. Standards people, standards. Plus secret double probation.
WTAE has raw video of the suspect:
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So far, no one here has banned having a nice one of these as a "key chain" ornament.
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