The 16-year-old boy charged Wednesday
after he allegedly stabbed 21 students during a five-minute rampage at a high
school near Pittsburgh had a "blank look" on his face during the
attack, a witness said.
"He was just kind of looking like
he always does, not smiling, not scowling or frowning," Mia Meixner, 16,
said, remembering the suspect as a quiet classmate.
Alex Hribal, 16, a sophomore at
Franklin Regional Senior High School, was charged with
four counts of attempted homicide, 21 counts of aggravated assault and
one count of possessing a prohibited weapon on school property, according to a
criminal complaint released by Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck.
"It
felt like he hit me with a wet rag because I felt the blood splash on my
face"
- Nate Moore
Looking for a motive, Murrysville
Police Chief Thomas Seefeld said investigators were checking reports of a
threatening phone call between Hribal and another student the night before. He
didn't say whether the suspect received or made the call.
The stabbing spree occurred just
before class Wednesday. One student said he thought the melee
was a fistfight, but said it turned out that Hribal was not punching, but
stabbing his victim in the belly.
Meixner said the boy who was tackled by
Hribal tried to fight back, then, when his assailant got off him, stood up and
lifted his shirt to reveal a midsection covered in blood.READ MORE HERE
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