University of Hartford student Jake Wascher, 21, was working on a group project in a dorm room on campus when the incident happened Sunday afternoon, according to the Hartford Courant.
New details about double stabbing at University of Hartford. According to arrest warrant, acting student Jake Wascher told police he stabbed his classmates because he was "into his character" and "my emotions got the best of me, and I acted a little too hard." pic.twitter.com/Yc2vKwhRCE
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Washer was apprehended Sunday night in a wooded area near campus and taken into custody.
The two victims were hospitalized with stab wounds, one of them in critical condition.
Wascher first told police he was not acting and was "curious what it would be like to stab someone," the Courant reported. He later told investigators he was acting and that his emotions got the best of him, according to a police report.
Wascher is jailed on $1 million bond.
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