WEST HARTFORD, CT — The suspect in a double-stabbing at a University of Hartford dorm, which left one student in critical condition and another student hospitalized, was allegedly acting out a scene from a movie as part of a group project, according to media reports including NBC Connecticut.

Jake Wascher, 21, of San Diego, California, who is a commuter student currently residing in Hartford, is accused of stabbing two students, a 19-year-old and a 21-year-old, Sunday afternoon in a dorm area, according to police and media reports. The 19-year-old student from South Windsor is in critical condition and a 21-year-old victim from New Fairfield is in stable condition at a local hospital. The trio of students weew acting out a scene from "The Butterfly Effect," according to the Hartford Courant.

All three students were "rehearsing a scene from a movie as a class assignment. The suspect was "acting out" a scene from a movie in which a person(s) gets stabbed, at which point he began to stab both victims before fleeing on foot," NBC Connecticut reports, citing Hartford Police. Wascher was found in the woods around 3:30 p.m. and is charged with first-degree assault and two counts of criminal attempt to commit murder. He is being held in lieu of a $1 million bond, the Courant reports.

The double-stabbing incident was reported just before 2 p.m. and the university tweeted around 3:30 p.m. that a lockdown has been lifted and there was no threat on campus. "One of the victims suffered a puncture wound to the chest and four to the back," Lieutenant Paul Cicero with Hartford Police said, via WTNH News 8. "The second victim, a 19-year-old man suffered a puncture wound to the chest and one to the back."