Walmart, Traverse City and Suspect
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A Walmart employee was helping a customer check out when she heard a warning that someone in the store had a knife.
"I'm still sitting and grappling with the weight of realizing that it was kind of a life-or-death moment," said Julia Martell, who witnessed the stabbing, which wounded 11 people.
At least 11 people were stabbed in a bloody scene inside a Michigan Walmart Saturday night — causing terrified shoppers and employees to flee — before a brave armed citizen helped detain the knife-wielding maniac, according to police, witnesses and harrowing video.
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - The Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a multiple stabbing incident in Traverse City. The incident allegedly took place at a Walmart, according to a post on X by Michigan State Police Sixth District. The suspect is in custody, but police report that the details are limited at this time.
Law enforcement officials have concluded a 64-year-old Traverse City woman who reported a stabbing incident at an apartment complex in Garfield Township was actually suffering from self-inflicted