Heroes honored in Monache High School stabbing

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- A lasting ovation Tuesday nighttime successful Porterville for those who took enactment erstwhile a Monache High School pupil was stabbed past month.

"Their courage, dedication, and committedness provided information to each the students and others successful our assemblage and made a profound quality that day, which could've been highly worse," Porterville Chief of Police Jack Castellow said.

Police accidental 19-year-old Noah Serrate got connected field the greeting of May 19th, walked into a classroom, and stabbed a 15-year-old girl.

"The unfortunate did not cognize the suspect, and it did look to beryllium a random attack," Chief Castellow explained.

The incidental happened successful Robert Sundre's classroom.

"I saw this kid retired of the country retired of my eye. Suspicious close disconnected the bat. Hoodie, disguise connected his face, and I saw his limb spell down, and arsenic soon arsenic that happened, I reacted," Sundre recalled.

Sundre grabbed a seat and charged the suspect.

"I was conscionable rushing him arsenic accelerated arsenic I could, and helium saw maine and helium dropped the weapon and started running," Sundre said.

Chief Castellow applauded Sundre's speedy action.

"This enactment caused the fishy to cease his onslaught and undoubtedly saved the student's beingness and different students successful that classroom," Chief Castellow stated.

After the fishy ran, Sundre turned to the victim, and unit called 911.

"I enactment unit connected her limb wherever she was chopped and talked to her and calmed her down, and she was conscionable amazing," Sundre explained.

Sundre says the teen went backmost to sojourn the people past week.

"She seemed to beryllium doing beauteous good. She had a batch of friends astir her, truthful that was good. She had a batch of enactment from her friends," Sundre said.

While each are grateful for the speedy response, they privation the incidental had ne'er happened astatine all.

The suspect, Serrate, is presently successful custody with nary bail.

He faces aggregate charges, including attempted murder.

He pleaded not blameworthy past period and is expected backmost successful tribunal mid-July.

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