The authorities in Michigan say that several people were stabbed in a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday, and the suspect is in custody.
Munson Medical Center officials in Traverse City said they were treating 11 victims of the incident until Saturday night. The hospital did not provide an update on its conditions.
The Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, where the authorities reported that several people stabbed.
Courtesy Jerome Hartl
The suspect is in custody, authorities said.
At a press conference on Saturday night, the Sheriff of Grand Traverse Michael Shea said the suspect was armed with a folding knife and that it seemed that the victims were chosen at random. “It seems that they were random acts,” he said. “It seems that the victims were not predetermined.”
He said the incident began to develop near the payment area.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement about X that he was monitoring the situation.
The Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, where the authorities reported that several people stabbed.
Courtesy Jerome Hartl
“I am in contact with the police about the horrible news of Traverse City. Our thoughts are with the victims and the community staggering this brutal act of violence,” he said.
The FBI deputy director Dan Bongino, said in a statement on social networks that FBI staff was responding to the scene, “to provide any necessary support to the Sheriff’s office of the Grand County Sheriff Bring in his investigation of the attacks in Walmart.”
The State Police asked people to avoid the area as the investigation continues.
In a statement, a Walmart spokesman said: “Violence like this is unacceptable. Our thoughts are with those who were injured and we are grateful for the rapid action of lifeguards. We will continue working closely with the police during their investigation.”
Traverse City, a city of about 16,000 people, is located in northern Michigan, about 150 miles north of Grand Rapids.
