Stabbing at a Pittsburgh area high school

[copzpartdeux]

Make it stop

[FloFTW]

I am hearing that 20 people were stabbed and 4 life-flighted now.

[demandypants]

Praying for the victims and their families. I hope there are no fatalities.

[tef]

19 students, 1 adult. Suspect in custody

Sent from my SCH-I535 using proboards

[frlcb]

Apr 9, 2014 7:43:15 GMT -5 @letshike said:

m.wtae.com/news/stabbing-at-franklin-regional-high-school-in-murrysville/25391318

This was my high school

It looks like 6 people were injured and one person was taken out by a medical helicopter.




At least six people have been injured in a reported stabbing Wednesday morning at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, according to Westmoreland County emergency management.

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One of the patients has been flown to a hospital in a medical helicopter. Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville is taking several of the other patients.

Several police cars and ambulances are at the school. Three medical helicopters are also there, ready to transport any of the injured.

A student reported that someone came into the school with a knife and started slashing people, including some of his friends. That information has not been confirmed by police.

A woman told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that her son was in the hall, getting ready for class, when he heard screaming and saw someone stabbing students.

Police have one person in custody but have not released that person's name yet.

Students have begun to come out of the building and are gathered around the main entrance while emergency responders remain at the scene and police officers check the school room by room.

School buses are lined up on the campus, waiting to take students home for the day.

A parent said she was told by a school security employee that middle school students will be dismissed first and bused home. Meanwhile, the high school remains on lockdown until the school can safely dismiss those students.

I have 3 friends who went here too. Awful.

[josieposy]

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

What the fuck? A random "someone?"

What is wrong with people?

[pugz]

how sad is it that my first thought was "thank god he didn't have a gun"?

[cosmowife]

How does a person walk around for 15 minutes with a knife stabbing people without being tackled and subdued?

Edited to add that I feel horrible for the victims and their families - how horrible.

[gretchenindisguise]

Apr 9, 2014 9:28:51 GMT -5 pugz said:

how sad is it that my first thought was "thank god he didn't have a gun"?

I had this thought too. Also easier to kill oneself with a gun than a knife, so it might be part of why he's alive too.

[gretchenindisguise]

Apr 9, 2014 9:37:17 GMT -5 cosmowife said:

How does a person walk around for 15 minutes with a knife stabbing people without being tackled and subdued?

Edited to add that I feel horrible for the victims and their families - how horrible.

I was talking with a co-worker about this. I think with a gun - it's obvious - you can hear it and everyone is conditioned at this point to know what to do. With a knife, it's a lot quieter and would probably elicit much more confusion about what is happening - so no immediate lock down.

[KateAggie]

Apr 9, 2014 9:37:17 GMT -5 cosmowife said:

How does a person walk around for 15 minutes with a knife stabbing people without being tackled and subdued?

Edited to add that I feel horrible for the victims and their families - how horrible.

Timing aside, it sounds like the principal tackled him?  I'm watching the news conference right now and that's what it sounds like--it was a quick side note.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

3 still in surgery, but the other 4 severely injured seem to be doing ok, per CNN. Suspect was a student, 16.

[zelda25]

Apr 9, 2014 9:28:51 GMT -5 pugz said:

how sad is it that my first thought was "thank god he didn't have a gun"?

Don't think I'm not watching the clock to see how long it takes the NRA to say, "SEE??!! GUN CONTROL WON'T DO ANY GOOD!!!11! GUNS AREN'T THE PROBLEM!"

[cinnamoncox]

How terribly sad
For some reason the word "slashing" is getting to me, more so than stabbing and I can't quite figure out why.
Stabbing seems calculated and I picture slashing like a frenzy, wildly flailing.
Both horrible.

Those poor victims and their families.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Apr 9, 2014 11:49:41 GMT -5 @letshike said:

Apr 9, 2014 11:21:24 GMT -5 ChillyMcFreeze said:

3 still in surgery, but the other 4 severely injured seem to be doing ok, per CNN. Suspect was a student, 16.

They had a video of him on local news being driven out of the police station. I didn't watch it but I'm assuming its only a matter of time before the media gets his name. Unless the media isn't allowed to announce his name because he is 16.

Legally, they can use his name. It's a matter of public record once he's booked.

[NewOrleans]

Seven teenagers and an adult were taken to Forbes Regional Hospital, Dr. Chris Kauffman, the trauma director there, told NBC News. The seven were stabbed in the chest, back and abdomen, he said. He characterized some of the injuries as life-threatening but said everyone was expected to live.

At least three students were in surgery. Others were undergoing CT scans and X-rays and could require surgery later, Kauffman said.

“None of these are superficial wounds,” he told reporters. “These are all significant stabbing wounds, every one.”

One girl may have saved the life of one of the stabbed by applying pressure to his wounds, hospital officials said. The girl was not hurt.

Someone pulled a fire alarm in the chaos.

[NewOrleans]

So, so bizarre and scary.

What is it about April that makes people lose their goddamned minds every single year?

[kwynn]

His name is out there and easily Googleable. The vice principal that tackled him is his neighbor - they live on the same street.

[kwynn]

Apr 9, 2014 12:42:47 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

So, so bizarre and scary.

What is it about April that makes people lose their goddamned minds every single year?

This is actually statistically true.

www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/12/suicide_rate_season_there_more_suicides_in_spring_and_not_during_the_holidays.html

April I believe is the highest month for suicides. My husband also took his life in April so it is something I'm very alert to now. It's a terrible, horrible month and I wish we could skip it every year.