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Claim: A student with a concealed handgun stopped a mass stabbing at the University of Texas. Shortly after one person was killed and three injured during a 1 May 2017 stabbing attack at the

University of Texas, a rumor began that a student with a concealed handgun had stopped the attacker before police arrived. This rumor was largely based on a screenshot purportedly showing a

text message from an alleged eyewitness: >  He was walking into Greg next to me and this guy stabbed him in the heart and I ran inside and grabbed my gun out and came back out and chased

the kid briefly but I wasn't comfortable shooting because people were around. They got him though. The kid outside of Greg is dead I'm pretty sure. Fuck that was scary. Several

outlets included a screenshot of a GroupMe message sent by Student Body Vice President Binna Kim mentioning a student with a concealed handgun license (CHL): However, Kim did not actually

witness the incident and later apologized for sending the messages without having confirmed: The university's student newspaper _The Tab_ also mentioned eyewitness reports of a student

with a handgun. However, the paper never clarified who the eyewitnesses were and it is unclear whether they based their claims on Kim's messages. Although one alleged witness did claim

that they grabbed a gun and "chased the kid briefly," this account has not been corroborated by authorities. The_ Austin American-Statesman_ reported of the incident that: > 

University of Texas police say the rumor of help from an armed > student is false. They say they have found no corroborating > evidence, be it video or first-hand accounts. >  > 

“It’s a rumor and there’s nothing to verify it,” University > of Texas spokeswoman Cindy Posey said. According to University of Texas Police Chief David Carter, the attacker was subdued

by an officer shortly after they received a report about an assault on campus: > About 1:49 p.m., Carter said, UTPD got a call about an individual > who “actually attacked or assaulted

 somebody” near a gym. In > less than two minutes, an officer was on the scene. >  > “The officer observed the individual walking away from an > individual who was down on the 

ground,” Carter said. “He was > armed with a large, Bowie-style hunting knife.” >  > The officer confronted the man, Carter said, drawing his weapon and > ordering the man to the

 ground. Then the suspect was taken into > custody. “The officer discovered that unfortunately, in addition > to that single individual who had been stabbed, within about a > block,

 there were three additional victims, all male, all determined > to be students, who were also stabbed,” Carter said.