We need tougher knife control laws

14 injured in knife attack on Lone Star College campus, suspect arrested


Over 12 people were stabbed Tuesday on the campus of Lone Star Community College campus in Cypress, Texas, after a male suspect reportedly used a small knife, ran from building to building and randomly attacked individuals along the way.

The conditions of the victims are unclear, but four were taken by life flight for treatment, which indicates severe injuries. Twelve of the victims in all were hospitalized and two refused treatment. Witnesses reported seeing students with stab wounds to the neck.

Police got the initial report at 11:15 a.m. A suspect with a knife was reported on the sprawling campus on the Northwest side of Houston and there were reports of multiple stab victims. The school was placed on lockdown. The length of the attack is unclear, but the suspect was reportedly taken down by a student.

The suspect, who witnesses say is a white male who has been seen on campus carrying a stuffed animal, reportedly told the tackling student “I give, I give,” and was promptly arrested by police. Police could not immediately verify that report.

Local reports say a student in a classroom used an X-ACTO knife and began to attack fellow students and ran out of the room.

One student said the attack sounded like a rock concert and heard someone scream in pain. At that point, students went back into their classrooms, the student said.

Initial reports said there were two suspects, but police say it was likely to be one suspect who ran from different areas during the time of the attack.

“The initial reports said we have two suspects, but what I believe now is it was the same person running from building to building,” a police spokesman said at a press conference.

Police are unaware of a motive in the attack.

A different Lone Star system campus was the site of a January shooting. Two people were wounded, and a 22-year-old man was charged with aggravated assault.

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All that with an xacto knife. that's pretty strange.

Made me think of the quote...'that's not a knife, THIS is a knife'
BKB

They needed a good guy with a gun. It still escapes me how someone does this much damage with a knife. Somebody swinging a chair or a book or a backpack ends this.

With that many victims, my guess is it was a military style assault knife. Surely a regular ol' X-acto knife couldn't have done all that.

But still, a couple of guys couldnt confront this person and stop it? My wife could swing her purse and end it. Or she could pull out her H&K and slow it way down.

I wonder if my balisong would be considered an assault knife?

BKB

People for 'sensible or responsible' gun laws would point out that all those people were assaulted and none were killed.

Oh. Well, so long as the assaults are not fatal, then I guess they're all right.

And it was probably a knife with a High Capacity Magazine.

Frighteningly enough, I believe you have summed their groupthink quite accurately.