The UC Merced student who wounded four people in a stabbing spree at
the campus has been identified as Faisal Mohammad, a freshman student
from Santa Clara. Merced Couty Sheriff Vern Warnke confirmed the identity of the 18-year-old student to the Sun-Star early Thursday.
Mohammad was shot and killed by UC Merced police
just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning as he ran from the two-story
classroom building where investigators said his violent spree began. Warnke
said investigators, including the FBI, were still trying to determine
the motive for Mohammad’s attack, which wounded two students, a female
student advisor and a construction worker who was on campus for a
remodeling project. The four suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Little information about Mohammad was immediately available, other than he turned 18 in late October...
The Federal Bureau of Investigations and U.S. Department of Homeland Security are involved in the investigation. Classes
at the campus northeast of Merced were canceled Thursday. Chancellor
Dorothy Leland said activities on the campus would resume Friday...
Full story at http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/education/uc-merced/article43126323.html
Also: http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/05/worker-a-hero-for-facing-attacker-at-california-university/21259333/
Note: Dartmouth has a webpage with video regarding such attacks at:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~prepare/getakit_makeaplan_beinformed/runhidefight.html
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