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Student Booked After Stabbing at Tacoma’s Foss High School Injures 6

Police booked a student on assault charges pending an investigation into what sparked the fight.

Overview

  • Police said the student fight at Foss High School, reported shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday, left four students, a campus security guard, and the suspect injured.
  • Officials said four students were first listed in critical condition, though by late afternoon all six people were reported stable at local hospitals.
  • Tacoma police detained the student suspect at the scene and later booked the individual on five counts of first-degree assault.
  • The school went into lockdown at 1:38 p.m., dismissed students at 2:45 p.m., canceled Friday classes, and plans to reopen Monday with counselors on site.
  • Detectives are still reviewing what led to the altercation, and police said all those wounded were stabbed or cut, while unverified student accounts mention a dispute over a vape pen.