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When he got back on the radio, we had he had a stabbing, asked for additional law enforcement and multiple ambulances. the actor was taken into custody fairly quickly once it was determined who he was. we have approximately 20 students have have been injured. of those 20 students, four have been flown by medical helicopter with what appears to be non-life-threatening injuries. those students were transported to four hospitals, allegheny general hospital, forbes regional hospital, upmc east and presbyterian hospital. the suspect is in custody being questioned right now by the murraysville polic...

That was thomas ceefeld from murrysville. we found out more information from the impromtu press conference. we found out that the suspect is a 16-year-old boy. he was a student at the school. he was armed with two knives. we heard he ran down the hall stabbing people. we also heard that a security guard tried to intervene. he was stabbed in the stomach. we presume he is the 60-year-old in one of the hospitals in the pittsburgh area right now. we also understand the principal assisted with this situation to end it. there was also a school resource officer on the scene. they handcuffed the suspe...

Start of school. that concerns you. why? >> it's a really vulnerable time, particularly at the high school levels. we are doing security assessments. we are finding many schools, the custodians are unlocking the doors at 6:00 in the morning due to staff coming in and some student activity. oftentimes, opening too many doors in our opinion. the point is that students are arriving oftentimes before all the teachers and support staff are in place. there is a skeletal staff for supervision. we have a scenario that occurred at 7:13, if not a little bit before. the classes start just about a half ho...

Securing the school. it is time-consuming? >> it is time-consuming. we will be here for a while. thank goodness for resources, the county, the fbi and state police. it is a very intricate process. the process will take a while. it could take a matter of a couple days to do that. >> what have you learned about how the staff reacted here today? >> i don't speak for the school. i think at a later point they will be talking to you. i think school staff is very versed on emergencies. the police department works closely with the school district. the s.r.o. is part of that school. every day, he is do...

>> yes, from that school. >> reporter: we understand that seven of them are students. one of them possibly an adult. >> there are patients of teenage years, seven of those, and an adult, who is older than 21 as the eighth patient. >> reporter: in terms of severity of the injuries, that's three that are going to need surgery, two in the o.r. and one going to the o.r.? >> correct. >> reporter: the others don't need surgery. superficial wounds? >> no, they are not superficial wounds. we have to stage the patients. the patients that are unstable with the most severe injuries go to the operating ro...