Stabbing has three in critical condition

Kelly Tunney and Josh Voorhees have a Slate article about the latest on the school stabbing:

From The New York Times:

"A sixteen-year-old student at a high school east of Pittsburgh walked from classroom to classroom, randomly stabbing and slashing nineteen students as well as a security guard before being tackled and subdued by a principal and a police officer, the authorities said. At least three students from Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania remained hospitalized in critical condition with wounds to the abdomen that penetrated internal organs, officials said. All of the wounded are expected to survive. It was not immediately known what might have prompted the student, a sophomore at the school, about twenty miles east of Pittsburgh, to go on the rampage. The student, whose name has not yet been released, was armed with two knives as he stalked classmates, who ran in all directions and hid inside classrooms and the cafeteria as they sought safety, the authorities said."

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

"Three victims are in 'extremely critical condition,' said Dan Stevens, Westmoreland County public safety spokesman. Dr. Louis Alarcon, medical director of trauma surgery at UPMC Presbyterian, said a seventeen-year-old victim there was in critical condition and on life support. "The stab wound to his abdomen is nearly two inches wide and deep enough to almost reach his spine. ...Many of the stab wounds were to the other victims' arms and legs and are not life-threatening, Stevens said."

From USA Today:

"Murrysville Police Chief Thomas Seefeld said the suspect, who is in custody, was being treated for injuries to his hand. The sixteen-year-old sophomore was tackled by Assistant Principal Sam King and handcuffed by a security guard, he said. The guard was stabbed in the stomach during the ordeal, but was treated and released from the hospital, police and hospital officials confirmed. Seefeld said a fire alarm triggered during the incident at Franklin Regional High School prompted students to flee the building, likely keeping down the number of victims. The attack in classrooms and a hallway occurred shortly after 7 am, before classes began. A sophomore named Trinity said Nate Scimio apparently set off the fire alarm that sent students rushing to the exits. Scimio later tweeted a selfie from the hospital showing his right arm in a bandage."

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