--- description: Two victims airlifted to the hospital and suspect dead after stabbing at U.C. Merced title: 5 Wounded After Stabbing Spree at UC Merced image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdd35ab1e8f6808b/69886f9f2dce01c1559e65b0/uc-merced.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 5 Wounded After Stabbing Spree at UC Merced by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2015 6:01 PM CUT  Merced County Sheriff SWAT members enter the University of California, Merced campus after a reported stabbing in Merced, Calif. on Nov. 4, 2015. Merced County Sheriff SWAT members enter the University of California, Merced campus after a reported stabbing in Merced, Calif. on Nov. 4, 2015.Andrew Kuhn—AP by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2015 6:01 PM CUT A suspect at the University of California, Merced, was fatally shot by police early Wednesday after wounding at least five students in a campus stabbing spree, university officials said. Officials said incident occurred at about 8 a.m. local time in the school’s Classroom and Office Building, according to [NBC affiliate KCRA](http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-modesto/stabbing-reported-at-uc-merced-campus-suspect-apprehended/36254312 "undefined"). Two of the victims were airlifted to the hospital, while three others were treated at the school. All were conscious, the school tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/ucmerced/status/661958031488458752) Classes were canceled for the rest of the day, the school added. [_Read the story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/five-wounded-attacker-dead-after-stabbing-spree-uc-merced-officials-n457276?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4100022/stabbing-spree-uc-merced/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4100022/stabbing-spree-uc-merced/"},"headline":"5 Wounded After Stabbing Spree at UC Merced","datePublished":"2015-11-04T18:01:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:20:30.978Z","description":"Two victims were airlifted to the hospital and suspect dead after stabbing at U.C. Merced","url":"https://time.com/4100022/stabbing-spree-uc-merced/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdd35ab1e8f6808b/69886f9f2dce01c1559e65b0/uc-merced.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Erik Ortiz / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdd35ab1e8f6808b/69886f9f2dce01c1559e65b0/uc-merced.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"California Campus Stabbings","caption":"California Campus Stabbings","creditText":"Andrew Kuhn—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4100022/stabbing-spree-uc-merced/","name":"5 Wounded After Stabbing Spree at UC Merced"}}]}] ```