{"id":24851,"date":"2025-07-27T01:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/24851\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T01:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:22:09","slug":"at-least-11-people-were-stabbed-at-a-walmart-in-michigan-and-a-suspect-is-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/24851\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 11 people were stabbed at a Walmart in Michigan, and a suspect is in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least 11 people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City and a suspect was in custody, US authorities said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Munson Healthcare said via social media that 11 people were being treated at the region\u2019s largest hospital in northern Michigan, and spokesperson Megan Brown said all were stabbing victims.<\/p>\n

She did not immediately have information on their conditions.<\/p>\n

\"EmergencyEmergency services respond after multiple people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City. (AP)<\/p>\n

Munson Healthcare said it would provide updates \u201cas appropriate”.<\/p>\n

The Michigan State Police said the local sheriff\u2019s office was investigating the incident and details were limited.<\/p>\n

The agency asked that people avoid the area while the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

\"AA Walmart spokesperson said the company was working with police. (AP)<\/p>\n

A fire truck, multiple police vehicles and uniformed first responders were seen outside the Walmart following the incident.<\/p>\n

Governor Gretchen Whitmer said her office was in contact with police about the \u201chorrible news”.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts are with the victims and the community reeling from this brutal act of violence,\u201d Whitmer said.<\/p>\n

A Walmart corporate spokesperson, Joe Pennington, said by email that the company was \u201cworking with police and defer questions to them right now”.<\/p>\n

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in a social media post that bureau officials were responding to \u201cprovide any necessary support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Traverse City is a popular vacation spot on the coast of Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n

It is known for its cherry festival, wineries and lighthouses and is about 40 kilometres east of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least 11 people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City and a suspect was in custody,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-24851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}