4 stabbed in Ohio office building; suspect critically wounded

A man who stabbed four people in a Columbus, Ohio, office building was shot by police and critically wounded as he tried to flee, authorities said Wednesday.

Police received a call at 12:40 p.m. reporting a stabbing at the 27-story downtown building, known as the Continental Centre, which includes offices for the Ohio attorney general, AT&T and a technical school.

The suspect walked into the ground floor lobby of the Miami-Jacobs Career College and stabbed the first victim, Columbus police spokesman Sgt. Rich Weiner told The Times.

The technical school is not a campus environment, Weiner said, and police don’t know if the victim was a student or an employee.

Three others were stabbed before a female officer confronted the suspect and shot him multiple times, Weiner said.

The victims and suspect have been identified but their names are not being released, he said.

Investigators recovered three knives at the scene, one inside the building and the other two near the suspect, but don’t know whether the suspect was holding them when he was shot, Weiner said.

Police are not releasing the type of knives, but Weiner said he “would not describe them being the size of a pocket knife.”

Three of the victims were hospitalized in critical condition, as was the suspect. The fourth victim was reportedly in stable condition.

Officers spent the afternoon and evening interviewing multiple witnesses. “Considering the time and that it’s right in the middle of downtown, there are a lot of them,” Weiner said.

According to the Miami-Jacobs website, the trade school offers classes in massage therapy, security and investigation, criminal justice and court reporting.

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