Twenty people were injured in the attack, one of the injuries is said to be life-threatening. Nineteen students were injured as well as the school’s security guard, known as “Sarge.” Some of the injured had to undergo surgery. The attack occurred in a crowded hallway before school started.
“Sarge” has been discharged from the hospital. CBS Pittsburgh reported that Hribal tackled a freshman and stabbed him in the stomach before running down the hall, slashing other students. Two of the students who were taken to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, were listed as being in critical but stable condition, reports WTAE. Dr. Mark Rubino explained the nature of the injuries to the media: They seem to actually almost have a pattern. Most of them were to the right lower abdomen and the right flank, and that created some of the critical [nature] of their wounds.
At UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh a 17-year-old is being treated with life-threatening wounds after suffering injuries to his liver and diaphragm. He is on life-support in intensive care. The knife wound he suffered came within inches of his heart.
