TA describes what happened when UCLA student was stabbed

Oct. 10, 2009 | By Shirley Jahad | KPCC
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A teaching assistant describes the scene at UCLA's Young Hall when one chemistry student stabbed another in the neck.

Twenty-year-old UCLA student Damon Thompson remains behind bars for attempted murder after he stabbed a classmate Thursday in chemistry lab to the horror of other students in the room.

Students say Thompson held a 20-year-old female student down and stabbed her in the neck. She is recovering at UCLA Medical Center after undergoing surgery. Police have not released her name.

Jake Martins is a PhD student and teaching assistant who was in a lab down the hall. He tells KPCC's Shirley Jahad that students ran into his lab just after noon Thursday and asked him to call 911.

You can click on the audio link to hear his description of what happened.

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