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WEBVTT REPORTER: POLICE JUST RELEASED THE VICTIM’S NAME. 16-YEAR-OLD LACEY PAIGE HAD SURGERY TONIGHT AT BERGAN MERCY. SO DID THE SUSPECT WHO POLICE SAY HE CUT HIMSELF. THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED HIS NAME. BOTH ARE STABLE AT THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT, AND NOW POLICE AND THE BURKE COMMUNITY WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS VIOLENCE HAPPENED AT SCHOOL. LAW ENFORCEMENT GIVES THE ALL CLEAR TO BURKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SOME, LOCKED IN THEIR CLASSROOMS FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. THE LOCKDOWN WAS NEEDED AFTER THE STABBING OF TWO STUDENTS, A BOY AND A GIRL, IN THE BURKE BASEMENT. >> SCHOOL STAFF WAS DOWN THERE AND ABLE TO INTERVENE IMMEDIATELY ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. REPORTER: KETV SPORTS REPORTERS THOR TRIPP AND MATT LOTHROP HAPPENED TO BE AT BURKE COVERING ANOTHER STORY. THEY TOO HAD TO STAY IN PLACE IN ONE OF THE GYMS, WHERE A PEP RALLY WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN. THE STUDENTS SAT QUIETLY ALONG THE WALLS, PEP BAND MEMBERS LAID DOWN THEIR INSTRUMENTS. EVENTUALLY, POLICE ENTERED THE GYM AND ALLOWED THE STUDENTS TO LEAVE THE BUILDING SAFELY. POLICE CLEARED EACH ROOM IN THE SCHOOL, MAKING SURE THERE WERE NO OTHER SIGNS OF DANGER. >> THERE WAS ONLY ONE WEAPON USED AND THAT WAS A KNIFE, AND IT WAS CONFISCATED. WE DO HAVE IT IN OUR CUSTODY. REPORTER: BURKE’S PRINCIPAL SENT AN EMAIL AND TEXT TO PARENTS, MAKING THEM AWARE OF THE VIOLENCE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS AND INFORMING THEM ABOUT HOW THE POLICES HANDLING -- POLICE IS HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION. AGAIN, POLICE TELL US THE STABBING VICTIM IS 16-YEAR-OLD LACEY PAIGE. THEY ARE NOT RELEASING THE SUSPECT’S NAME. BOTH ARE STABLE AT BERGAN MERCY. REPORTING LIVE, MICHELLE BANDUR, KETV NEWSWATCH

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Omaha police are providing an expanded presence outside Burke High School Wednesday, one day after a male student attacked a female student with a knife inside the building. Police identified the wounded teenager as Lacey Paige, 15. According to the police report, she was cut on her stomach and back.Her condition was listed as fair on Tuesday, two weeks after the attack.Investigators say Nick Cisar, a 16-year-old student, is suspected of stabbing Paige, then cutting himself. His condition was listed as fair on Tuesday.Officials said they will look into whether or not Cisar will be charged as a juvenile or an adult.The incident was reported at 2:28 p.m. and the school was placed on lockdown shortly after. Students were kept in rooms and told to sit on the floor, or go to protected areas of each room while police secured the building.The incident began in the basement of the school, according to Officer Phil Anson, an Omaha police spokesman, and involved a boy and girl. Staff members and a school resource officer responded to the scene."It's actually pretty scary, because we do drills on this sort of thing and no one takes it serious," said Chris Hines, a senior at Burke High School.Cisar and Paige were taken to Bergan Mercy Hospital with critical injuries, but the condition of the students was later upgraded to stable after both underwent emergency surgery.No other students were injured in the incident. The knife used in the incident has been located by police, Anson said."I'm really having a lot of anxiety just waiting for them to let me know when I can come and get my daughter," one parent told KETV NewsWatch 7. "I'm just trying to stay calm and not think of anything worse."A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Paige's family with medical expenses: https://www.gofundme.com/lacey-paige-medical-fund.