Wash.: 6 injured, 4 in critical condition after high school stabbing

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Wash.: 6 injured, 4 in critical condition after high school stabbing
 

OAN Staff Lillian Mann
4:27 PM – Thursday, April 30, 2026

The Tacoma Police Department has reportedly taken one suspect into custody following a violent incident Thursday afternoon at Henry Foss High School in Tacoma, Washington, which left six people injured.

The suspect has not been identified as of 4:28 p.m. PST.

Authorities arrived on the scene shortly after 1:30 p.m. in response to a 911 call reporting a potential stabbing that may have escalated from a physical fight.

According to Tacoma Fire Department spokesperson Chelsea Shepherd and police spokesperson Officer Shelbie Boyd, first responders discovered a chaotic scene involving four student victims, a campus security guard, and the suspect.

 
Of those involved, five individuals were rushed to nearby hospitals, with at least four currently listed in critical condition. The suspect was also transported for medical evaluation with non-life-threatening injuries and remains under police supervision.

https://www.oann.com/newsroom/wash-6-injured-4-in-critical-condition-after-high-school-stabbing/

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“So basically, this one guy, he took somebody’s vape pen, and they didn’t like that, so they were going to jump him — or they did, I think. And he had a knife and he shanked four kids and one adult,” said one student, who explained that she had not seen the incident herself, but heard about i

A real rocket scientist right there.

[rangerrebew]

You just know it's because the state is being too harsh, expects too much, and doesn't have anything for teens to do the problem exists.  They need to give kids a "livable allowance," have only social workers deal with them, and tell judges to not punish them for anything.  Things will improve immediately.  In an odd way, this reminds me of a student I once had.  I taught severely emotionally disturbed teens at a residential facility.  After he left, he somehow got in the Army and came back to visit one day.  He said to me if he would have had that kind of discipline when he was young, we would have never met.  He was only a teen so why did he think he understood the problem better than politicians?