Utah police say a 16-year-old student accused of stabbing five other students inside his high school locker room stabbed himself before he was subdued with a Taser and taken into custody.
Orem Police Chief Gary Giles said Tuesday that school employees boxed the teen into a corner before the first police officer arrived, risking their lives to stop the bloodshed.
Students at a Utah high school say the stabbings of five teens happened in the boy's locker room of the school.
Junior Karen Martinez says she saw one injured teen running toward the school's office with a head wound and another with a neck wound.
Sophomore Paxton Ransom says he saw blood on the locker room floor and thought it was fake until he saw a person who had been stabbed on the floor.
Utah police say a 16-year-old boy is in custody after five male students were stabbed at a high school.
Orem police Lt. Craig Martinez told reporters on Tuesday each victim was stabbed at least once at Mountain View High school and their conditions range from critical to fair.
