{"id":26659,"date":"2025-07-27T00:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T00:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26659\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T00:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T00:30:08","slug":"traverse-city-walmart-stabbing-11-people-were-injured-and-a-suspect-is-in-custody-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26659\/","title":{"rendered":"Traverse City Walmart stabbing: 11 people were injured and a suspect is in custody, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                Tweet<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share\" href=\"mailto:?subject=CNN%20content%20share&amp;body=Check%20out%20this%20article%3A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F07%2F26%2Fus%2Ftraverse-city-walmart-stabbing-michigan\" data-type=\"email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"share with email\" title=\"Share with email\"><\/p>\n<p>                Email<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Link<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdku4xtb000f3b6nmckbucnc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Eleven people were injured in a \u201crandom\u201d stabbing by a man with a folding knife-style weapon at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, Saturday, according to the Grand Traverse County sheriff.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkwcfj0000z3b6nscutyjvb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A 42-year-old suspect, a Michigan resident, was taken into custody, Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea said at a news conference. Shea didn\u2019t name the suspect but said authorities believe he acted alone.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkwk3zi00173b6ncobc945y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere is no information indicating there were additional suspects,\u201d Shea said. \u201cIt appears that these were all random acts.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkwtynr001m3b6nweyn863z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The sheriff said three of the victims are undergoing surgery and he was awaiting more information about the status of all the victims. Six of the victims are male and five female, he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdktdwys00063b6ngxrmanza@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Munson Healthcare, a hospital system in northern Michigan, is treating 11 victims from the incident, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MunsonCares\/posts\/pfbid025TtEnxZYeU5C4GB9DDLFo9SAk6Qxq4CTqRNQzgMdPGsJQ6CEcPRYjVe1H4BTaLY7l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to their Facebook post<\/a>, which did not provide details on the exact nature of the injuries or the conditions of the victims.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkw27xw00003b6n7u2o6ggh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There was \u201ccitizen involvement\u201d in taking the suspect into custody, Shea said. The suspect was not injured, he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkx8f6t00093b6nf5sqostm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The incident started near the checkout area and involved what \u201cappears to be a standard folding knife-style weapon,\u201d according to the sheriff.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkxb5t6000f3b6nego9eurx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He said that the Michigan State Police Crime Lab is en route to assist with processing the scene. Once the scene is cleared, the Walmart will be able to reopen.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdku5fo200023b6n2csc71po@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            FBI personnel are also responding to the incident to provide assistance, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDDBongino\/status\/1949247754087301437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">in a post on X<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkxcj1a000m3b6nhqo0tzto@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she was in touch with law enforcement about the \u201chorrible news\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovWhitmer\/status\/1949249020284772829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cOur thoughts are with the victims and the community reeling from this brutal act of violence,\u201d Whitmer said. \u201cI am grateful to the first responders for their swift response to apprehend the suspect.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkte5sw00003b6njslbkgav@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Walmart corporate spokesperson Kim Hess told CNN that the company was \u201cworking with police and right now will defer questions to them.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdku1mci00003b6nz8nq8hfr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Traverse City is located in northern Michigan, around 140 miles north of Grand Rapids.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdktdwys00073b6nvsgv9fdl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to Michigan State Police and Munson Healthcare for additional information.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkxcuy9000q3b6nrfzf5vzr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Shea urged people to \u201cbe vigilant.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkxe90p000t3b6n1dnpllap@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Violence \u201cis very uncommon for our area,\u201d the sheriff said. \u201cBut unfortunately \u2026 no one is immune to this.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdkropwi00g328p29uzi8ari@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This is a developing story and will be updated.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Tweet Email Link Eleven people were injured in a \u201crandom\u201d stabbing by a man with a folding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-26659","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\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}