Patient charged after 3 staff members stabbed at Buffalo Psychiatric Center

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo police said three staff members were taken from the Buffalo Psychiatric Center by ambulance after they were stabbed by a patient Wednesday morning.

The incident inside the Forest Avenue facility happened just after 9 a.m. The suspect in the matter, 42-year-old resident Calvin Haskins, has been taken into custody.

“Earlier today, three staff members were injured during an incident at the Strozzi Building of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center campus and we are actively assisting the Buffalo Police Department's investigation into this matter," a statement from New York State's Office of Mental Health read. "The Office of Mental Health’s top priority is the safety of our staff and the individuals we serve, and our thoughts are with the employees who were injured and their families."

In a conference Wednesday afternoon, Buffalo police said that the alleged attacker used a knife. The incident took place in an area of the complex that can be accessed without being screened for weapons.

The three victims, who were all taken to ECMC, were identified as a 45-year-old man, a 55-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman. One of the men may have been seriously injured, officials said.

Haskins has been charged with three counts of assault and a single count of criminal possession of a weapon.