Two college students have been hospitalized after being stabbed at John Marshall Excessive Faculty in Los Feliz on Wednesday afternoon, authorities stated.
The stabbing occurred round 3:30 p.m., stated Nina Buranasombati, a Los Angeles Faculty Police Division spokesperson. An individual of curiosity was detained and launched; Buranasombati couldn’t say whether or not the particular person was a pupil. No weapon was recovered, Buranasombati stated.
Faculty police Deputy Chief Glenn Besunder advised The Instances that officers from the Los Angeles Police Division had been additionally referred to as and initially detained the particular person of curiosity for questioning, however college police determined to not hold anybody detained. Nobody was in custody as of Wednesday night.
The victims are college students, the incident occurred on campus, and college law enforcement officials had been referred to as round 3:38 p.m., Besunder stated.
In accordance with the college’s web site, lessons dismiss at 3:37 p.m. most days.
The investigation has been turned over to the college police division and to highschool officers, the deputy chief stated.
The incident arose out of an altercation, Besunder stated. Detectives had been interviewing the victims on the hospital early Wednesday night.
Anybody with info on the stabbing is requested to name the college police division’s Investigative Companies Division at (213) 202-8621.
Nameless suggestions will be submitted to Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
