Stabbing reported on Mississippi State University campus; one person arrested
A suspect was arrested after a stabbing occurred Monday afternoon on Mississippi State University's campus.
“We believe the victim is a university employee, and that the assailant is known to that employee. The victim has been transported to OCH Regional Hospital, with what we believe to be non-life-threatening injuries,” Sid Salter, MSU's chief communications officer, said in a campus news release.
According to the release, the incident took place in a parked vehicle near Herbert Hall, a dormitory housing both male and female students.
The stabbing was initially reported at 3:53 p.m. Ten minutes later, the university issued an alert stating a suspect was in police custody.
At this time, the suspect has not been identified.
This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Mississippi State stabbing suspect in custody, officials say
