Kansas City community college dean stabbed in neck minutes before governor was to speak

Dean stabbed at Kansas City community college

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A dean of a Kansas City community college is recovering after being stabbed in the neck while he stood with other administrators awaiting the arrival of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.

The stabbing occurred Tuesday morning at Penn Valley Community College, where Nixon was to have held a news conference. Nixon was still at the airport at the time.

The dean’s name has not been released. The school is part of the Metropolitan Community College system. A spokeswoman for system chancellor Mark James said the dean was in stable condition after surgery.

A witness told The Associated Press that several people, including the chancellor, pulled the attacker off the dean and held him until police arrived. The suspect, who was described only as a man in his 20s, was being held by police.