May 1 (UPI) — A student stabbed four students, a security guard and themselves at a Tacoma, Wash., high school.
The four students at Foss High School are in critical but stable condition, and the suspect and security guard suffered minor injuries after the incident on Thursday. The school canceled classes and after-school activities for Friday.
The suspect was arrested and taken to Pierce County Jail on five counts of first-degree assault. Police have not released the suspect’s name or age.
A student at the school, Imonie, told Fox 13 Seattle a video was sent to some students at the school.
“In class we hear, ‘This is a lockdown,’ and everybody’s like, ‘What is going on?’ And then all of a sudden I see the video Air Dropped to my friend’s phone, and we see the whole video happen — the whole fight and stuff — and it was just crazy. It was so bad, there was blood everywhere. And then I heard that, basically, the person who had the knife was — I don’t even know. They said it was some older kid that had already been to jail and stuff, so they came in with a knife. They only fought because, over a puff,” said Imonie, also in the 9th grade.s
She said she doesn’t feel safe at the school.
The school said counselors would be made available to students when classes resumed on Monday.
