Overview
- Three people were injured during two related incidents on Thursday, with a 14-year-old student and a staff security guard stabbed and another student assaulted by three peers; all are expected to recover.
- A 16-year-old student was detained by staff and arrested on attempted murder and assault-with-a-deadly-weapon charges, and three other teens were arrested on felony battery and assault-with-a-deadly-weapon counts.
- All four suspects were booked into Juvenile Hall with their names withheld under juvenile privacy rules as the police investigation remains active.
- Watsonville High and nearby Linscott Elementary were locked down during the response, with the elementary lockdown lifted before 10:30 a.m. and the high school lockdown lifted shortly after noon.
- Classes resumed Friday with increased police presence and counseling services, yet roughly 450 students stayed home as officials also sought cellphone video and reassured families after deeming the online shooting threat false.