Twenty-Four Hurt in Stabbing Spree at PA School; Ignored 9-Year-Old Dies, Begged for Help
DR. DREW PINSKY, HLN HOST (voice-over): Tonight, a 9-year-old kicked to death. Why didn`t anyone including the police do something?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You guys, you seem like a good family. Decent family. I`m going to overlook it right now.</s>PINSKY: We`ve got the 911 call that will shock you. Plus, the nursing home strippers part 2. And more on the mcnaked rampage through McDonald`s. Let`s get started.</s>PINSKY: I`m joined by my co-host Jenny Hutt from Sirius XM Radio. And coming up, we now know why that woman was running naked, mcnaked through a McDonald`s. We have the diagnosis. Let`s just say I pretty much nailed that one last night. But, first, breaking news -- cops say a 16-year-old armed with two kitchen knives went on a stabbing spree at his high school. Thankfully, no one died, but many, many injuries and a few kids in ICU, some rushed to emergency surgery. Watch this.</s>POLICE DISPATCH: Come in the front doors, we`re in the first hallway on your right, come halfway down. We`ve got multiple victims here. We need ambulances here as soon as possible.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This bloody attack this morning at a high school. This was just outside of Pittsburgh. That left 20 people injured.</s>POLICE DISPATCH: We advise the suspect is in custody, only one suspect.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MSTUDENT: He`s kind of quiet. And he keeps to himself. I don`t think anyone really dislikes him.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He allegedly went from classroom to classroom, through the hallways, stabbing anyone in his way.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I saw people holding each other`s hands. I saw people being cut. Just blood everywhere.</s>PINSY: A boy had been called a hero for having pulled the fire alarm. Actually took a selfie of himself at the hospital. Look at this video. He captioned it, "chillin` at children`s." And right now, he has over 10,000 likes. I have mixed feelings about it. Joining us, HLN`s Lynn Berry, Michelle Fields, correspondent for PJ Media, Samantha Schacher, host of "Pop Trigger." So, guys, Lynn, the kid`s a hero because he ran to people`s aid and thought quickly and pulled the fire alarm. But now, the selfie while he`s just out of surgery. Appropriate or not?</s>LYNN BERRY, HLN HOST: Well, here`s the thing. I personally think this is a generational gap. Dr. Drew, for us, tacky. Horrible. Too soon. What are you thinking? If I was this kid`s parent, I`d be sitting him down and saying this is your reaction? Not let me write a letter to the victims in hospitals recovering, that my prayers are with you, just like I`m lucky to be alive and happy to help you. But a 16-year-old kid these days, this is what they do.</s>SAMANTHA SCHACHER, POP TRIGGER: Right.</s>BERRY: They post selfies and it`s not a selfie. It`s how they communicate to their friends. Texting. Selfies. At the expense of sounding like the old lady in the corner, this is what kids do these days. I just think it`s a generational gap.</s>PINSKY: Let`s move on from grandma -- let`s move on from grandma. Michelle, my understanding, though, is there`s some data out now that shows the propensity to use selfie is associated with self-preoccupation, with narcissism. Not saying this kid is that. We are seeing a correlation with those kinds of things.</s>MICHELLE FIELDS, PJ MEDIA: You`re right. A lot of people don`t like selfies because a lot of people think who take selfies are self-centered. They`re selfish. But look at what this kid did -- he saved lives. And so, that is absolutely the opposite of selfishness. What selfies are is a way to communicate quickly, rapidly. When he posted this picture, what he was doing was telling his loved ones, his friends, his family, that he`s OK, that he`s fine, and he`s in good spirits. I don`t see why we should condemn him.</s>PINSKY: I like that. Jenny, what do you say?</s>JENNY HUTT, CO-HOST: Totally. Yes, as the old lady in the corner, Dr. Drew, I`m a fan of the selfie generation. I would have probably posted that selfie and I commend him for doing what he did. And this is how he`s processing, Dr. Drew. I think. I`m not a clinician. I feel like this is his way of saying, I`m OK, look at where I am. And this is how he`s going to start to go through it. Who are we to tell him how he has to do it?</s>PINSKY: Well, we do that all the time. But, Sam, just last week, we were taking issue with a couple girls taking a selfie at a riot.</s>SCHACHER: Right. Outside of the Arizona basketball game.</s>PINSKY: There they are. Is that a different phenomenon? Is this -- are we just seeing something that`s evolving?</s>SCHACHER: Well, I think that case was a little bit different, to be honest with you. But I think what everybody else said on the panel, I mean, it`s no coincidence people describe this younger generation as the selfie generation. And going on what everybody else is saying, I think that this is a form of communication. But more importantly, Dr. Drew, maybe he was looking for consolation from his peers. Maybe he was trying to start a dialogue because of what was so traumatic. Yes, you can say he should have maybe called someone on the phone but maybe it`s easier just to communicate via Instagram or Twitter with his friends. That`s what they do.</s>PINSKY: Fair enough. So, let`s get away from the grandmas for a second. Michelle, let me ask you this. They were charging this kid, 16-year-old as an adult. Was that a rush to charge? Should they be charging him as an adult?</s>FIELDS: No. I think they absolutely should be charging him as an adult. Look, this isn`t a kid who went and stole bubble gum from the supermarket. This is a kid who went on a stabbing spree. If you are 16 or older, and you commit a crime as heinous, as awful as this, you absolutely should be subject to all of the penalties that adults are.</s>PINSKY: And let`s also -- what`s that, Sam?</s>SCHACHER: I don`t agree with that. Listen, yes, this is a heinous crime. We don`t know all the details. A lot of people described him as being withdrawn. People said during the stabbing -- believe me, I`m not excusing --</s>PINSKY: Sam, wouldn`t you have liked an opportunity to charge Adam Lanza as an adult? Maybe we have that kind of a phenomena going on here. I don`t know.</s>SCHACHER: More importantly, does our government need to put in just as much resources into mental health care and education to break this stigma? Just like they do with terrorism. Because guess what, just as many people are being killed -- hold on.</s>PINSKY: Singing to the choir, guys. I got to get out. Listen.</s>SCHACHER: I think this kid was suffering from a severe mental illness. Obviously.</s>FIELDS: All the time, they`re sick. They put them in hospitals. Sometimes people are evil and they should be in jail.</s>SCHACHER: I agree with that, too.</s>PINSKY: The point is, I agree with Sam, and that we should be getting people help before the behavior deteriorates to the point they need to be in jail. That`s the point there and a good one. Next, a 9-year-old boy cries for help. He`s ignored. Now, he`s dead. So, who dropped the ball? That poor kid is who we`re talking about. And later, there`s breaking news about Amanda Bynes. I`ll have that for you, after this.