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Mass-stabbing at Texas college

[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/multiple-people-stabbed-lone-star-college-houston-article-1.1311719]Sauce[/url] Begin the debate [quote] As many as 14 people were injured in a stabbing spree at Lone Star College near Houston on Tuesday, with at least one suspect caught and the school placed on temporary lockdown, local law enforcement officials said. The violence was reported around 11:13 a.m. local time at the school’s Cy-Fair campus in north Harris County. A suspect, described as a 21-year-old white male student, has been detained, the Harris County Sheriff’s Department said. The first emergency call described "a male on the loose stabbing people," Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said. The man was described as wearing a black hat and a black and white shirt. Garcia said two victims are in critical condition and four are in fair condition. Some type of knife was used, Garcia said, but the precise kind is unclear still. A student witness described the weapon to KTRK-TV as small and similar to an X-Acto knife. Alan Bernstein, public affairs director at the Harris County Sheriff's Department, told the Daily News a total of 14 people were hurt, including four who were flown to the hospital by helicopter. Others were taken by ambulance or treated at the scene. Witnesses told CBS affiliate KHOU 11 that the incident erupted in a lab at the campus’ Health Sciences building. Student Margo Shimfarr-Evans said she had just left the building when she learned a classmate had been stabbed. "It happened in the hallway, we have a lab and lecture, and down the hallway it’s all lab classes and a classmate in the lab class got stabbed," she said. Police said at a news conference it was a random "building-to-building attack." How many buildings or classrooms were involved is unclear. An officer said a student tackled the suspect, who was then detained by police. Student Michael Chalfan told The Associated Press he was walking to class when he saw a group of police officers running after the suspect. He said one of the officers used a stun gun to help subdue the man, who Chalfan said he recognized from a drama class last year. Chalfan described the man as "eccentric," saying he often wore gloves and was known to carry stuff animals. He said although the man was teased by fellow students, he remained friendly. "I'm surprised because he didn't look like he was hateful to the world," Chalfan said. An earlier alert put out by the school on Facebook said there were possibly two armed suspects, with one still at large. Bernstein said the sprawling community college campus remains on modified lockdown. "The first job is to make sure all possible suspects and all possible victims are found and dealt with," he told the Daily News. "Even though it's not a run-and-hide situation and people are moving about campus, the second job is to declare the campus is reopened, and that hasn't happened. The other details are the third thing." Officials said Tuesday afternoon that they believe the attacks are over. “It appears the campus is now safe, but we have people triple-checking the sprawling campus for other suspects and victims,” Bernstein said. "The campus is on lockdown so we can conduct a full investigation to make sure there's only one suspect." School officials said the campus is closed for the day, but will reopen Wednesday. About 7,000 people are on the Cy-Fair campus on any given day, police said. A Lone Star College campus in north Harris was the scene of violence in January when gunfire wounded three people. [/quote]

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