Update: Ohio State Univ. Student Stabs People on Campus
ABC News–An Ohio State University student was shot dead by police after he plowed into pedestrians with a car and then stabbed multiple people with a butcher’s knife at the OSU campus in Columbus this morning, officials said. The scene is now secure, officials said.
Eleven people were transported to local hospitals, officials said.
OSU said in a statement that the “injuries include stab wounds, injury by motor vehicle and other injuries that are being evaluated” and that “facts are still
Less than two hours later, OSU police said the scene was secure and police lifted the shelter-in-place alert.
The incident happened at 9:52 a.m., when the suspect struck pedestrians with a car, officials said at a news conference. The suspect then exited the vehicle and used a butcher’s knife to cut multiple people, officials said. An officer then shot and killed the suspect, officials said.
The suspect was identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, an OSU student, officials said at a press conference.
