BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A scary day outside McKinley High School leaves the community shaken after a student is stabbed several times and a security guard is shot in the leg.
Authorities initially reported this afternoon a male student was shot, a Buffalo Police spokesperson now says the 14-year-old student was stabbed, not shot. BPD confirmed a security guard was shot in the leg.
The student is recovering after surgery at Oishei Children’s Hospital and the guard is at ECMC in stable condition.
News 4 was on the scene with live reports and updates from the police, school officials, students and community organizations.
LIVE REPORTS
News 4 at 11: The latest information in the McKinley High School stabbing, shooting:
News 4 at 11: Concerned parents reunite with their children at McKinley High School:
6 p.m. update: Kayla Green with the latest in the McKinley High School shooting:
Shelter in place lifted at SUNY Buffalo State following McKinley HS shooting:
Parents wait outside McKinley High School to be reunited with their kids:
LAW ENFORCEMENT
6:12 p.m.: Buffalo Police, Mayor Brown, BPS Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash and others provide an update on the situation.
5:15 p.m.: Buffalo Police provide an initial update on the status of their investigation.
BUFFALO COMMUNITY
Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen on preventing school violence: ‘We have to have a strategic plan:’
Buffalo Common Council Member Joe Golombek calls McKinley stabbing, shooting ‘disgusting:’
Former Buffalo Police Captain Jeff Rinaldo with law enforcement perspective on McKinley High School incident:
Pastor James Giles of Buffalo Peacemakers talks kids and guns:
Murray Holman of Stop the Violence speaks out on McKinley High School:
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