A man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Walmart is in Michigan authorities’ custody
11 people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City yesterday (Macau time) — with six in critical condition — in what a Michigan sheriff said appeared to be a random act.
A suspect was in custody, authorities said.
The 42-year-old man entered the store and used a folding knife to stab 11 people, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on social media. A sheriff’s deputy arrived within minutes and took the man into custody, and people in the store also helped apprehend the suspect and treat victims, the sheriff’s office said.
The victims’ ages weren’t immediately released.
“Eleven is 11 too many, but thank God it wasn’t more,” Sheriff Michael Shea told reporters.
Emergency vehicles and uniformed first responders gathered in the parking lot of the shopping center that houses several other retail stores. Authorities also were seen interviewing employees, still wearing blue uniform vests and name tags, nearby as the response gave way to an investigation.
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