A violent event occurred early Monday morning at a private school for neurodiverse children and teenagers.
Police said three employees were attacked and two pipe bombs were set at the Switzer Learning Center in Torrance, California, which serves grades K-12.
The Torrance Police Department caught the suspect in the case and identified him as a former student of the institution.
Officials said the student’s reasons are still unknown, and he is still in prison.
“At around 0815 today, a former student allegedly stabbed three staff members and attempted to stab another before fleeing the scene. According to TPD Public Information Officer Captain F. Ahmad, two of the victims were swiftly transferred to Harbor General Hospital and are currently being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
According to Ahmad, personnel of the Torrance Fire Department treated the third victim on-scene.
Police were able to detain the student after arriving on the spot, but Ahmad claimed they were confronted with a completely different difficulty when the suspect informed them that they had planted two pipe bombs.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad was subsequently dispatched to the area, where they successfully located and detonated the incendiary devices with no more incident.
Christina Morales told the Los Angeles Times that her 18-year-old son, who attends the school, told her that the suspect got entrance by telling an instructor that they wanted to pick up some documents from the main office.
She informed the Times that her son claimed the suspect then stabbed the instructor.
Morales and her son were reunited at noon, according to the Times, and a few hours later, authorities declared the area safe.
Police are not publishing the former student’s name, age, or gender at this time, and the Switzer Learning Center has referred all inquiries to the TPD.
