Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner has released more details in Thursday’s stabbing at Wayne Park in Waverly that critically injured a 15 year old boy.
It happened just before noon Thursday and Wagner says they got a 911 call from the victim and a second call from the 14 year old suspect, who remained at the scene. “I think part of his motivation was notoriety. He told us he was going to be famous. That’s pretty scary,” Wagner says.
Wagner declined to name the teen. He was taken into custody and arrested for attempted first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. Wagner says the 15 year old victim was stabbed several times and was taken to Bryan West with life threatening injuries. “He did suffer a laceration to the heart. He is recovering and he’s been upgraded to serious condition.”
Wagner says it’s fortunate that they are not investigating a homicide. He says a knife was recovered at the scene. He says both boys were Waverly High School students, but there was not school yesterday. He says the boys did not know each other.
The 14 year old suspect had moved to Waverly from Colorado in September and Wagner says he had some issues in Colorado that they will be looking into. It’s not yet known if the teen will be charged as adult in this case.