Villanova University was briefly placed under lockdown as police looked for a suspect in a stabbing
A brief lockdown ended at Villanova University after a person wanted in connection with a stabbing was apprehended off campus.
Villanova University’s campus was briefly under a lockdown Sunday evening as police searched for an attacker wanted in connection with a stabbing.
The lockdown was lifted at 6:41 p.m. after the suspect was apprehended off campus, according to the university’s alert system. The school issued the lockdown at 6:10 as a “precautionary measure due to the proximity of the search,” the alert said.
The stabbing occurred on Interstate 476 and the alleged attacker fled, according to a statement posted to Facebook from Radnor Township police, who were assisting Pennsylvania State Police.
Authorities took the suspect into custody “without incident” in the 1000 block of East Lancaster Avenue, according to the post. An earlier alert from Villanova University said the person was armed.
“There is no threat to the community at this time, and all involved parties have been placed in custody,” Radnor police said on Facebook. “Our thoughts are with the victim and their family.”
The victim’s condition was not immediately known, and police did not identity the person in custody.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.
