Three teenage boys were injured in a reported stabbing at Van Nuys High School on Wednesday morning, authorities said.
A call shortly before 10:55 a.m. reported “two, possibly three victims stabbed,” said Melissa Ohana, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.
School police “indicated that the school is currently on lockdown,” Ohana said. “The suspect is currently outstanding.”
At least one juvenile was detained at the scene, but a suspect remained at large, according to an LAPD source.
Three patients at the scene on the 6500 block of North Cedros Avenue were identified only as teenage boys, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Nicholas Prange.
“One ambulance has transported [a victim] to the hospital so far,” he said, and more were expected.
The stabbing stemmed from a fight in the campus quad area that left two students with stab wounds and a third with a non-stab injury, according to sources within the Los Angeles School Police Department.
A recent surge in gang activity in the San Fernando Valley that has spilled into public schools including Van Nuys High, Grant High and Polytechnic High, the sources said.
This is a breaking story and will be updated as additional information becomes available. Times staff writer Richard Winton contributed to this report.
