According to CBS Pittsburgh, police are looking into the possibility that there was a threatening phone call between Hribal and another student the night before the attack. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quotes a student telling them that Hribal was “sort of nerdy, short. I would assume that he was bullied and there was a good amount of depression.”
After being taken into custody, The Gazette says that he was taken to Westmoreland Hospital for minor injuries. He was then brought to Murrysville police station for questioning. Later, he stood before District Judge Charles Conway in Export, Pa., where it was determined that he would be tried as an adult. Hribal will face charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault.
CBS Pittsburgh reporter Tim Williams tweeted the following photo of Hribal in police custody, wearing a hospital gown: Later Williams also tweeted that the FBI was on scene at Hribal’s home where the suspect’s computer was seized.
