Austin stabbing 2017

He did not elaborate. Federal and state officials joined in the investigation and have determined the attack was not connected to any kind of larger plan, according to Austin Police. Witnesses described a sudden and seemingly random assault on strangers in the middle of the campus of one of the nation's largest universities.

The attack occurred in the central campus, just a short walk from the administration building and the landmark clock tower that was the scene of a mass shooting in The University of Texas president says two of the students wounded in a stabbing attack on campus have been treated and released from hospitals while a third remains hospitalized.

Greg Fenves says the student who was fatally stabbed was a freshman named Harrison Brown. He says Brown was a talented musician who had not yet decided on a major. Carter said White was seen in the student activity center before the incident, just north of the Gregory Gym outside of which the stabbings were reported, "appearing normal. The student fell to the ground and White continued to walk "in a calm fashion" and stabbed another male student sitting at a picnic table in the back of the head, Carter said.

He then walked further south where a food truck was parked on the Gregory Gym plaza and stabbed two more male students, Carter said. Rachel Prichett said she was standing in line at the food truck when she saw a man with a knife resembling a machete approach the person standing behind her. I just started running as fast as I could.

One of the victims died at the scene, according to campus police. The three victims who were transported to the hospital were "seriously injured," said UT-Austin President Greg Fenves.

Around p. When an officer arrived on the scene about two minutes later, he observed an individual armed with what appeared to be a large hunting knife walking away from a victim, Carter said. Three more stabbing victims were found about a block away, Carter said.

White allegedly walked around the Gregory Gym plaza "calmly" as he attacked the students, Carter said. At least 25 people, mostly students, witnessed the stabbings, Carter said.

White is currently being interrogated by police and has not yet been charged. Monday near the Gregory Gymnasium. Officers responding to a report of an assault found the suspect, who they identified as year-old student Kendrex J. Carter said an officer drew a weapon and ordered White to get on the ground.

He complied, and was taken into custody. Carter said three other students were attacked within about a block of where White was arrested.

The three injured students and the student who died are all males, all 20 or 21, Carter said. The wounded students suffered serious injuries in the "unconscionable, violent attack," UT Austin President Gregory Fenves said. They come here to learn, to look to the future. Fenves posted his full statement to the UT community on Twitter :.