Stabbing MVCC Campus on lock down

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UPDATE: MVCC LOCKDOWN LIFTED AFTER STABBING ON UTICA CAMPUS


UTICA, N.Y. – Utica police say the stabbing on Mohawk Valley Community College's Utica campus Friday was an isolated incident between two groups of people.



Police interviewed a person of interest in the incident after the scene was cleared and the lockdown was lifted.



MVCC was under lockdown for roughly an hour after a fight was reported on the Utica campus around 1 p.m.



Police and fire crews were dispatched to the scene at 1101 Sherman Dr. in Utica, where a Utica Police Department investigator says one person was stabbed and one person was cut during the altercation. Police say the two injured people were taken to the hospital for treatment.



Utica City School District canceled after-school activities after putting Proctor High School, Columbus Elementary School and Albany Elementary School on lockdown during the incident.



An emergency alert was originally sent out through the SUNY system advising students to shelter in place.



MVCC President Randall VanWagoner met with the crisis management team after the lockdown was declared.



More details on this incident will be released as they become available.


City of Utica, NY Police Department

2 hours ago

Due to a fight involving two groups at the MVCC campus in Utica the MVCC campus in utica is on lockdown. Proctor High School and Columbus Elementary School are on lockout.



Utica Police are on scene and the situation is under control. There are no further threats at this time.



Incident at MVCC is considered an isolated incident and is under control. Utica Police Criminal Investigations Division has initiated an investigation and are working with MVCC Security and administration.




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[BHU]

That's a shame. I attended MVCC years ago & none of this stuff ever happened. Many fond memories.

[clarencebunsen]

Crazy stuff. I think my oldest granddaughter will be going there next year.

[Clipper]

I went to MVCC. There was never so much as a fist fight when I went there. It seems that we are now seeing a totally different mindset in young people. Too many gangster wannabe's and young people prone to violent behavior.

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Yes this is not of good tidings to say the least. MVCC is a great community college. I especially enjoyed by 8 years of part time teaching. Violence today seems to be common place. That benefits no one. I hope we can turn that around.

[Clipper]

I agree PB. I taught the NY State EMT course there, and also at BOCES in Verona in evenings back in the late 70's. the campus was always safe, even at night.

No place is safe anymore. The 18 yr old great niece of a retired Tennessee University football coach was killed yesterday in NYC. She was stabbed in a robbery in Morningside Park on her way to her apartment from the Barnard College campus. They arrested a 13 yr old that confessed to the murder. There is also a 14 yr old in custody and another juvenile suspect still at large. Such a shame to murder the young lady for a cell phone and whatever cash a college student might be carrying. She is dead and three juveniles will spend time in a correctional facility for youths. They probably should be tried as adults and put away for a long period, but in Cuomo's NY they will probably go to reform school until they are 18 and then be free to rob or kill again.