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Mass Stabbing Shocks Suburban Houston College

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Update, 6:25 p.m.: The man accused of stabbing 15 people on campus outside Houston is a 20-year-old student named Dylan Quick, the Houston Chronicle reports. The paper put together a profile of Quick based on a Lone Star College-CyFair blog that spotlighted him on April 1.

Our original post: At least 14 people were stabbed today on a college campus northwest of Houston. Laurie Johnson of KUHF in Houston reports that one suspect is in custody and the campus is on lockdown.

The CyFair campus is part of the Lone Star College system; in January, another campus in the system, North Harris, was evacuated after gunfire broke out and three people were injured.

On Tuesday, a CyFair student named Michelle Alvarez told the Houston Chroniclethat she saw the attacker racing toward other students and didn't feel it when he swiped at her neck. A small red line was visible on her windpipe.

"He came running and swinging at my neck, as I tried to get out of the way," she told the paper.

KUHF is live-blogging, and NPR's Two Way blog is also following the story.

Rick Holter was KERA's vice president of news. He oversaw news coverage on all of KERA's platforms – radio, digital and television. Under his leadership, KERA News earned more than 200 local, regional and national awards, including the station's first two national Edward R. Murrow Awards. He and the KERA News staff were also part of NPR's Ebola-coverage team that won a George Foster Peabody Award, broadcasting's highest honor.