Nonprofit formed in wake of Uvalde shooting launches support campaign following Manor school stabbing

MANOR, Texas (KXAN) -- A national nonprofit that formed in the wake of the Robb Elementary mass shooting has launched a support campaign following a deadly stabbing at Manor Senior High School.

Manor Police said 18-year-old Darrin Loving died on the school's campus Tuesday after being stabbed in the chest. The suspect, identified as Mac Brown Mbah Mbanwei, 18, was arrested and charged with murder. Police believe the suspect and victim knew each other.

The One In Five Foundation For Kids, formerly known as the Uvalde Foundation For Kids, opened a special support line and said it will deploy citizen patrol teams later this week when students head back to school, according to a release from the group. It also started an immediate fundraiser.

The foundation announced that it will deploy its STOPNOW citizen patrol teams when students return to campus to help increase student safety and support them, the release said.

The Manor Independent School District said school closed early on Tuesday and classes are canceled for Wednesday and Thursday at Manor High School, Manor Senior High School and Manor Early College High School. The district has not yet decided whether there will be classes Friday, but officials said that decision will be made in the future.

The nonprofit also said it opened a special 24-hour school violence support line to the district school communities. The support line has both peer and professional team members available and can be reached at 254-206-9089, according to the release.

The nonprofit also said it launched an immediate fundraiser for the victim's family, with tax-deductible donations to be donated to Manor Senior High School.

The One In Five Foundation said the STOPNOW teams will station and patrol at various locations throughout the district over the next several weeks, including Manor Senior High School and Manor Early College High School. Patrols will be at campus communities but will not go on district property unless invited by school officials.

The volunteer safety patrols will include over a dozen team members for ongoing rotations, and more will be recruited and trained from the school and community, according to the nonprofit.

The foundation said the STOPNOW patrols were modeled after New York City's 1980s anti-crime unit "Guardian Angels." The patrol groups patrol school perimeters to "minimize and prevent safety incidents from reaching school campuses; while also providing extra encouragement and support for students and neighborhoods during traumatic times," the release said.

The foundation said patrols are currently ongoing at several "historically troubled school neighborhoods or those affected by violence or threats of violence throughout the nation." Those include Morgan State University, Michigan State University, and Choctaw High School, which are all sites of recent student-related shootings and threats.