be uncovered in what happened and what possibly could have been the motive for an alleged attack from the hands of a 16-year-old student before classes even got under way. at franklin regional senior high school. joining me now is jean casarez, our legal correspondent, also following the story for us. possibly the worst time for this kind of thing to happen, because no one is behind closed doors and really able to protect themselves against this kind of attack. and so vulnerable, right when you re wakie ining up, you re j getting to school. we re learning the fbi is assisting. they re not the primary agency because that is local police, but they are investigating. we re also learning that when law enforcement first aripe errn the scene, what they found were multiple victims just all over the first floor hallway. we do here that there seems to be a pattern in the stabbings of the most serious victims to the right lower abdomen, which is where very, very important organs in our body ar
how were they doing? were they talking about what happened? surprisingly, they were mostly doing fairly well. they of course were scared and anxious. b but, you know, otherwise were doing very well. were their parents on the scene right away, were they at the hospital? yes, there were parents. actually, the parents were more upset even than the children as you can imagine because they only heard the news initially and didn t know how sick their children were. so there were lots of distraught families. i cannot even begin to imagine the confusion and the chaos among the parents arriving at the hospital, wanting to know you know, this could have been so much worse, had this assailant been armed with a gun, god forbid. but did those kids at least the kids you came into contact with, did they say anything about what transpired in that school? actually, most of them didn t
an adult security guard working at the school was one of those stabbed. stabbed in the stomach, in fact. the suspect, the person allegedly behind all of this carnage, a kid himself, a male sophomore at the school, and that young man was cuffed on the scene and is now in custody, also injured himself. the police say he was actually flashing two knives as he made his way down the hallway of the school. all of this unfolding just after 7:00 this morning. before the first classes could even get under way at franklin regional high school in murraysville, pennsylvania. it s about 15 miles east of downtown pittsburgh. want to let you hear some audio of the police responding to the scene. i got the whole shift coming your way. the first hallway on the right, halfway down. we ve got multiple victims here. we need ambulances here as soon as possible.
the school resource officer also a hero today because those two adults were able to subdue this assailant, cuff the assailant. that assailant also injured, is being treated at a local hospital. undoubtedly will be facing some of the most serious charges. whether it s in juvenile court or adult court remains to be seen. there was the scene outside of franklin regional senior high school. many of the hospitals in the surrounding area were put on emergency notice, get ready, there are multiple injuries and they are coming your way. one of those doctors, dr. timothy van fleet, the chief of emergency medicine at university of pittsburgh medical center, himself treated six of these patients. he joins me live now. doctor, can you hear me? i can. doctor, can you just run down what happened from your perspective this morning? well, i know just what you have told people basically, that