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The Tacoma Police Department has one suspect in custody after six people were taken to hospital following a stabbing at Foss High School in Tacoma, Washington, according to local reports.
Tacoma Fire on Thursday at 1:38 p.m. local time responded to a call of a possible stabbing at Foss High School. Initial reports said five people, but Tacoma Fire told Newsweek that a sixth person was also taken with "minor injuries," which Public Information Officer (PIO) Shelby Boyd of the Tacoma Police Department later confirmed was the suspect.
Four of the victims were transported in critical condition, and two had non-life-threatening injuries, including the suspect.
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Boyd during a press conference confirmed the victims as four students and one security guard, the last of whom only had minor injuries, and could not say if the injuries were all due to lacerations. Boyd could not say exactly where the incident took place, nor what the relation between the victims and suspect was, although she confirmed the suspect was a student at Foss High School.
The school has two security guards at the school, one of whom tried to intervene.
A video of the incident reportedly circled on social media, but Boyd said she could not confirm if such a video existed and asked for anyone with such video to submit it to police to aid in the investigation.
Students were released after the suspect was in custody and police determined the scene was safe, but the school itself remained closed as an investigation continues. Boyd could not say whether the school would open tomorrow.
Students from other high schools in the area made their way to Foss High School after hearing about the incident to check on their friends. They spoke with reporters while waiting for further information, confirming that a video of the incident was making its way among their friend groups.
Foss High School was previously the site of a student shooting in 2007 when Douglas Chanthabouly fatally shot Samnang Kok three times in a school hallway. The shooting occurred due to a disagreement between the two students.
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