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BREAKING NEWS

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. —As many as 20 people may be injured at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, where a student began stabbing people at the start of the school day on Wednesday morning, according to Westmoreland County emergency management.

One of the patients has been flown to a hospital in a medical helicopter. Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville has taken five of the other patients.

The severity of the injuries is not known.

Police have one person in custody but have not released that person's name yet.

Several police cars and ambulances are at the high school. Three medical helicopters are also there.

A student reported that someone came into the school with a knife and started slashing people, including some of his friends. That information has not been confirmed by police.

A woman told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that her son was in the hall, getting ready for class, when he heard screaming and saw someone stabbing students.

Students have begun to come out of the building and are gathered around an entrance while emergency responders remain at the scene and police officers check the school room by room.

School buses are lined up on the campus, waiting to take students home for the day.

A parent said she was told by a school security employee that middle school students will be dismissed first and bused home. Meanwhile, the high school remains on lockdown until the school can safely dismiss those students.


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