Student Goes Haywire, Stabs Four Other Students Inside University Campus

 

A male student at the University of California, Merced, stabbed four people as classes began on Wednesday morning before campus police shot him dead.

According to Reuters, he was armed with a hunting knife.

The four victims - two students, a campus employee and a construction worker credited with helping prevent more bloodshed - were taken to hospitals for treatment. They are all expected to make a full recovery.

The identity of the suspect, a student in his early 20s who lived on campus, was not being publicly released until his next-of-kin were notified.

 

Classes at UC Merced, a campus of about 6,600 students, 300 faculty and about 1,000 other staff, were canceled through Thursday, and university officials said they hoped to resume normal operations on Friday.