Student stabbed at Mission campus

By Brian Rinker
The Guardsman

A  21-year-old male City College student was stabbed multiple times during  school hours on May 6, allegedly by another City College student, after  an argument erupted in the halls of Mission campus.

The  victim called 911 and remained on the phone line until San Francisco  police officers arrived, according to police. He received medical aid on  the scene and was then taken to San Francisco General Hospital.

The  SFPD apprehended a suspect near the scene. He was positively identified  as the perpetrator by the victim and by a witness, according to police  reports. The suspect is a 17-year-old male from San Francisco, and  campus police said he is currently a City College student.

He  was arrested by SFPD, booked as a juvenile at the Mission Police  Station and charged with attempted murder. His name was withheld because  he is a juvenile.

“It appears the incident took place inside City College,” SFPD spokesman Sgt. Mike Andraychak said.

Andraychak said the stabbing was not gang related, but the reason for the attack was not entirely clear.

The  incident apparently began as an argument between two students and then  escalated into violence. In a police report, one witness said she saw  three or four men arguing in the hall on the first floor of the Mission  campus before the attack.

The  victim called 911 at 7:21 p.m. The dispatcher relayed the call and  reported a male stabbed in the back. At least five police vehicles  responded to the call and arrived on the 100 block of Bartlett Street  where they found the victim injured and bleeding. An officer said in the  police report he saw what looked like four to five stab wounds. The  officers administered aid until medical units arrived.

The  police followed a trail of blood back to the Mission campus. Inside  they found more blood and reported that the stabbing occurred on the  first floor.

City  College Police Chief Andre Barnes released a report to faculty members  that stated the stabbing occurred several blocks away from campus and  that “at no time was there any threat to the campus community.”

The  report said the suspect only came on campus to use the restroom in an  attempt to clean up, but was then arrested later after leaving campus.

But  emails from City College faculty who were present at the time of the  stabbing described the argument and the stabbing as happening right  outside their classrooms. The teachers and students were scared,  according to the emails.

Counseling  services for students and teachers will be available if needed,  according to a memo released by Vice Chancellor Jorge Bell. Bell also  stated in the memo that “the fact that the Mission campus is considered a  neutral zone and that the campus was open at the time of the incident  may have saved the victim’s life.”

City  College Police Public Information Officer Rachele Hakes said she  couldn’t comment because the case is an ongoing SFPD investigation.  However, she did speculate on the considered neutrality of the Mission  campus mentioned by Bell in his memo.

“I don’t think any place in the world is considered a neutral zone,” Hakes said.

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