Student charged in Texas college stabbing attack

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and JUAN A. LOZANO

CYPRESS, Texas (AP) - A 20-year-old student went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at a Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people - many in the face and neck - before being subdued and arrested, authorities said Tuesday.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that Dylan Quick had been planning the attack at the Lone Star College System's campus in Cypress for some time and had fantasies of stabbing people to death since he was in elementary school.

Quick, who was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, used a razor-type knife, and piece of the blade was found in at least one victim, the sheriff's office said. Broken blade pieces also were found in the area where the stabbing occurred, and the handle was discovered in a backpack that Quick was carrying when he was arrested.

Authorities were seen entering Quick's parents' home in a middle-class neighborhood of Houston on Tuesday night. No one answered the door or the phone at the red brick home, where two vehicles were parked in the driveway, including a Honda Accord with a license plate that said "DYLAN." It was not immediately known if Quick had an attorney.

FULL story at link.


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Students run from the Lone Star College's Cy-Fair campus in Cypress, Texas, where a student went on a building-to-building stabbing attack Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The attacker wounded at least 14 people before being subdued and arrested, authorities said. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, James Nielsen) MANDATORY CREDIT

[marshall]

1. Did he use a hunting knife?

Those are basically assault weapons that have no place on a college campus.

[tammywammy]

4. From the article, "used a razor-type knife"

It was like a box cutter according to one student I heard on the news.

[safeinOhio]

6. So, it was more like

Grandpa's clam shell opener.

[calimary]

2. Imagine how much more carnage and DEATH there would have been - with a gun instead of a knife.

That is all.

[tblue]

3. Thank goodness he didn't have a gun.

Oh my gosh. How scary. Texas is executing somebody today. This kid could end up on death row.

[Purveyor]

5. Suspect profile: Who is Dylan Quick?

A man who has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault after a mass stabbing at Lone Star College's Cy-Fair campus has a long history at the school.

Dylan Quick, 21, was featured in the college's student spotlight on April 1. The profile had been posted on a blog site, but was removed Tuesday evening.

According to the story, Quick was born completely deaf and received a cochlear implant when he was 7 years old.

"The first few years after receiving the implant, Dylan says he was busy learning English, just as if he were an ESOL student," the article read.

Quick was homeschooled and his mother involved him in the college's library teen activities when he was 12 years old, according to the story. The program helped him increase his hearing and communication skills.



more...

http://www.click2houston.com/news/Suspect-profile-Who-is-Dylan-Quick/-/1735978/19685226/-/46qrkd/-/index.html

[Crepuscular]

7. We need to ban knives

no one needs one, sporks for everyone!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Check the death count and get back to me.

(Not to minimize what was certainly a scary situation or minimize those who were injured; but the incident does go to show that nothing tops a gun in terms of legally accessible killing machines.)

Oh, and what use does a gun have, other than shooting at someone or something?

[hack89]

18. Knives kill four times as many people annually than assault rifles.

since we are checking death counts.

[Cali_Democrat]

23. Let's me and you get into a fighting ring

We will fight to the death. There are two weapons, a gun and a knife. I'll take the gun and you take the knife.

As we stand in each of our corners, we get our weapon.

We start fighting when the bell rings and there are no rules.

Last man alive wins.

Deal?

[hack89]

24. So the actual death toll is not the issue?

that explains why we want to ban semiautomatic rifles to save 300 lives but won't consider banning handguns to save 30,000.

No one ever said that logic and gun control go together. All about emotion - as you post demonstrates.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. Of course, if you include the number of *total* gun deaths....

....knife deaths get left in the dust, but spin it as you will.

No, again, I'm not arguing for a total, blanket, across the board gun ban. But I do believe that guns are far and away the most efficient killing machine legally available to the general public. And therefore by their very nature they must be subject to a higher level of scrutiny and regulation than any other object that could potentially be lethal. And that includes knives.

It is easier to kill someone with a gun than a knife. Don't get me wrong, both can be dangerous and lethal, but guns can do things that knives simply cannot. That's just how it is, by the very nature, and this news story is proof positive.

[hack89]

26. Just talking about the only gun that people want to ban.

my only point.

I just find it funny that 300 deaths requires the banning of a certain type of gun while 30,000 does not require the banning of all the other guns.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. Gun control is not a singular focused approach.

Prohibitions on semi-automatic rifles and large capacity magazines should be part of the goal, but they are not the only focus. Things such as background checks, registration and mental health restrictions should apply to all firearms, whether they be pistol, rifle or shotguns.

Personally, I'm fine with banning AR-15s and the like. I still see no functional utility or need for them amongst private citizens, and the fact is they did help magnify the carnage in shootings such as Aurora and Sandy Hook Elementary. I've got no regrets when I say I wouldn't shed a single tear if those type of guns were made illegal.

But gun control does not begin or end at the AWB.

Gun control needs to happen, and it needs to be sweeping. You'll have to pardon my little liberal bleeding heart.

[hack89]

28. I support everything you support except for the AWB and registration.

there is plenty of common ground between us.

[thucythucy]

9. Thankfully, he didn't have a gun.

Horrible as this story is, if he'd SHOT those people in the face with a Bushmaster "man card," as opposed to stabbing them, no doubt at least some of them would be dead.

[Crepuscular]

10. but

if all he had available was a spork, no one would have been injured.

[CRK7376]

11. My titanium spork is

pretty sharp but I would have to be very, very desperate to try and use it as a weapon. But it has killed off hundreds of campfire meals over the years!

[Stainless]

12. What's your point?

Your comments are boorish and stupid and you seriously need to find another site to Troll.

[Paladin]

13. Take a hike.

Your comments don't even rise to the level of NRA talking points.

[Exultant Democracy]

14. Wow you are a wonderful addition to DU. What a clownish answer, if anything this proves the

opposite of what you intended with your remark. There wouldn't just be scared victims, there would be dead bodies if he had had a gun.

[freshwest]

15. He appears calm in custody:

[Paladin]

16. Don't they always? (nt)

[freshwest]

17. An example of 'good behavior' to get out of prison early.

[Paladin]

19. You're crediting him with too much normal thinking capacity.

That's a look of calm triumph on his face, as far as I'm concerned. Just another sick person who managed to put his violent fantasies into play. Happens all the time, unfortunately.

[freshwest]

21. No, I'm not crediting him with anything. I'm saying there's a flaw in the thinking allowing some

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violent offenders out of prison who are displaying 'good behavior' while under guard. That's a given, they see the balance of power confronting them and restrain themselves.

But to get there, they proved they are willing to indulge their desires on those they see as weaker when they had their freedom and liberty before.

Although every case is different, too many people seem to regard lack of criminal offenses against the public while incarcerated as an indication of what that person will do on release.

So the authorities find a reason to cut costs and allow them out early, when nothing has changed the individual to not indulge themselves on release.

That was my point. I have no interest in this person's view. It is one thing to have problems and another to harm others. He crossed the line and must be removed from society for the public good.

If they can get to the root of the problem, they need to do so. I doubt the state of Texas has the funding to keep him long. They'll find a reason. I feel badly for his family and those he injured, though.

[Sunlei]

20. was he on any psychiatric meds?

[freshwest]

22. That's an excellent question. I haven't seen any report of that. One of the links says he had had

fantasies of killing others since he was a child. He was homeschooled, had a disability, and seeming to be intelligent. His disability and being isolated could have caused problems. Yet at times disabled children are homeschooled solely to prevent their being abused at school. That's not in the report we've seen. Hopefully the public will be safe while he learns to deal with his demons - if they are from medication, that will factor into his situation. He will be back on the streets again, hopefully able to cope better but the other students and his parents will be dealing with a lot, too.