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Two victims
flown to regional hospitals, three treated in Merced; UC Merced Police shoot,
kill suspect; Classes canceled; campus closed
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A male student stabbed
and wounded five people on the campus of the University of California at Merced
on Wednesday, before being shot and killed by police, authorities said. One of the victims, a
31-year-old construction worker with Artisan Construction, was stabbed at least
once and taken to Mercy Medical Center by his coworkers, according Artisan CEO
John Price.
The
wounded worker is Price’s son, Byron, who was one of three Artisan Construction
workers remodeling the student waiting room at the Classroom and Office
Building.
“They
heard a scuffle in the classroom right across from where they were working and
it sounded like a fight. So (my son) opened the door and the guy lunged at
him,” John Price told the Sun-Star. “It got the (attacker) outside the room,
away from others.”
