Trial Date Set For Suspect In Franklin Regional HS Stabbings

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A 19-year-old man charged with slashing and stabbing 20 fellow students and a security guard at Pittsburgh-area high school nearly three years ago is set for trial Aug. 7.
Westmoreland County Judge Christopher Feliciani issued the trial date Tuesday.
The same judge last month rejected a defense request to let Alex Hribal plead guilty but mentally ill to the attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges he faces for the April 2014 attack at Franklin Regional High