Person in critical condition after stabbing at University of Virginia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) -- A person is in critical condition after they were stabbed near the University of Virginia's (UVA) Alumni Hall in Charlottesville on Thursday. The incident prompted a campus-wide lockdown as police searched for an "attacker with [a] knife."

Just before 4:50 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, the UVA Police Division posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, about an "active attacker with [a] knife" moving in the area of Emmet Street S.

This resulted in the university being put under a shelter-in-place order for about an hour. That order was lifted at 5:44 p.m. -- about an hour after the initial emergency alert was posted -- with police saying the suspect had been detained.

Police have since provided more details on the incident, which began at 4:38 p.m. with officers receiving report of a stabbing near 100 Emmet St. S, across from the Alumni Hall.

One person was stabbed. They were taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

Neither the suspect -- identified only as a middle-aged man -- nor the victim have any known affiliation with UVA, according to police.

The Charlottesville Police Department will lead the investigation into this incident, as it took place in its jurisdiction.

No further information is available as of the time of reporting.

This was the second time this week that UVA had to shelter in place due to a suspect on the run. The incident on Tuesday, Feb. 25 involved a suspect that Virginia State Police (VSP) said evaded a traffic stop and hit multiple cars, including a VSP vehicle.

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