Student charged after 5 stabbed at high school in violent altercation over vape pen

A student has been charged with four counts of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon following a stabbing at Foss High School on Thursday in Tacoma, Washington, where four students and a security guard were injured.

The suspect was identified as Waleed Emad Essakhi, according to authorities, and was arrested shortly after the incident.

Essakhi was charged in Pierce County Superior Court on Friday, where it was determined he would be tried as an adult.

According to court documents, the student allegedly stole a vape pen from a fellow student the previous day at a skatepark, according to court documents. Four of the student’s friends later approached him in retaliation.

One of the victims claimed Essakhi was "egging them on" to fight him as he slapped his own face.

Court documents state surveillance footage shows the suspect allegedly pulling an object from his pocket before the four students began to fight him. None...