NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A woman was in critical condition Friday after she was stabbed in the lobby of a law building at Columbia University, police said.
A second woman was taken into custody, with charges pending, following the knife attack around 4 p.m. Thursday at Jerome L. Greene Hall, an 11-story building on W. 116th Street that's home to Columbia Law School.
The relationship between the two women wasn't immediately known, nor were the events that led up to the assault.
The victim was stabbed multiple times, according to police, who said a knife was recovered at the scene.
She was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside, where police said she was in critical condition Friday.
Neither woman is directly affiliated with Columbia, though the daughter of the woman in custody is a student at the university, WABC reported.
Law School Dean Gillian Lester said in an email to the community that there was no active threat following a “physical altercation” between two people unaffiliated with the school, according to the Columbia Spectator.
“There is no doubt that an incident like this—involving physical violence—is jarring and upsetting,” he wrote in the email. “I also want to extend our collective concern to the person injured, with the sincere hope that they will make a full and complete recovery.”
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