A man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Walmart is in Michigan authorities' custody

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Updated 10:37 PM CDT, July 26, 2025

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Eleven people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday — with six in critical condition — in what a Michigan sheriff said appeared to be a random act. A suspect was in custody, authorities said.

Around 4:45 p.m., a 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.



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[bucolic_frolic]

1. You have to be alert and worry about the mentality of people wherever you go

[cabotnn22]

6. Wisdom (?) from my dad

He once said, "everyone snaps at some point - try not to be next to them when they do."

That said, thank God no one was killed (at least so far). The man who confronted the attacker deserves some kind of reward - truly a brave man.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Thank god he didn't have an AR-15.

[wolfie001]

4. I just posted that 2 minutes late

True though. Could've been so much worse.

[wolfie001]

3. Glad he wasn't carrying an AR-15

Still bad but could've been much worse.

[milestogo]

5. WTF is wrong with people?

[maxsolomon]

7. They're mentally ill.

And off their meds.

And it's not "people". It's men.