Texas stabbing suspect says he carried knife for protection
The Associated Press
Kendrex J. White. (Austin Police Department)
Officials investigate after a fatal stabbing attack at the University of Texas campus, Monday, May 1, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Officials investigate after a fatal stabbing attack at the University of Texas campus, Monday, May 1, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
A man is arrested after a fatal stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 1, 2017. (Ray Arredondo via AP)
Law enforcement officers secure the scene after a fatal stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus Monday, May, 1, 2017. (Tamir Kalifa/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Students wait near the scene after a fatal stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus Monday, May, 1, 2017. (Tamir Kalifa/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
A person is treated by first responders after a deadly stabbing attack on University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 1, 2017. (Emily Johnson via AP)
AUSTIN, Texas — The man suspected of stabbing four students at the University of Texas says he carried a knife on campus for protection and that on the day of the attack he had walked the campus in a dream-like state.
Twenty-one-year-old Kendrex J. White said in a jailhouse interview with KPRC-TV in Houston that he decided to carry a knife because his friends were carrying guns, which is permissible under a new state law allowing concealed handguns on college campuses.
One student was killed and three others injured in the May 1 stabbings.
Authorities say White suffers from mental health troubles. He’s being held on a murder charge.
State law says knives shorter than 5 ½ inches can be openly carried in public, but authorities say White was carrying a larger blade.
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