Traverse City, Walmart and mass stabbing
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"Regrettably, less than 24 hours after receiving this order, a tragic series of events occurred in Traverse City," the sheriff's office said.
The 11 victims in Saturday’s stabbing spree in Traverse City were all rushed to Munson Medical Center, a hospital just four miles away from the site of the stabbings.
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"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.
A 42-year-old man entered the Traverse City Walmart around 4:43 p.m. on Saturday and used a folding knife to stab five males and six females, according to the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office.
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Matthew Kolakowski was shopping with his daughter at a Michigan Walmart when he heard screams and saw a man with a knife