Two students at Countryside High School were hospitalized after being stabbed at the school on Thursday, police said.
During a news conference around 3 p.m. Thursday, Clearwater Police Chief Eric Gandy said school resource officers reported the stabbings at 11:24 a.m., and, less than two minutes later, reported that they had taken the suspect into custody at gunpoint.
The students who were stabbed — a ninth grade boy and an 11th grade boy — were treated at the scene before being taken to area hospitals, he said.