A 42 -year -old Michigan man accused of Knife attack In a city of crossing, Walmart was accused of terrorism after the attack which injured 11 people during the weekend.
Bradford James GilleAFTON, Michigan, was also accused of 11 chiefs of assault with intention of murder. He was arrested on Monday at the 86th district court, comparing via zoom of the prison of the County of Grand Traverse, and he pleaded not guilty.
Gille is accused of having used a folding knife with a 3.5-inch blade to attack five men and six women, including a store employee, late Saturday afternoon. The age of the victims varies from 21 to 84 years.
When the judge asked Gille how to pronounce his name on Monday, he said, “I don’t want to talk to you.” He later declared to the judge that he currently had no postal address.
Gille has history of mental illness and a criminal environment which includes assault and malicious destruction of goods, according to the County of the County of Grand Traverse Noelle Moeggenberg. The prosecutor said on Sunday that the accusation of terrorism is due to the impact of the knife attack on the community of around 16,000 people along Lake Michigan.
“This is something that is not done for individual people, not for these individual victims – they are obviously the most affected – but it is, we believe, in some respects made to affect the whole community, to put fear throughout the community and change our way of working daily,” said Moeggenberg, according to the Associated Press.
On Sunday, the sheriff of the County of Grand Traverse, Michael Shea, said that the police had been informed of the attack around 4:43 p.m. on Saturday and that the Sheriff deputies arrived at the store about two minutes later.
“At the time of the deputy’s arrival, several citizens, including the one who was armed with a pistol, would face the male suspect in the parking lot and prevented him from harming people and to leave,” said Shea. “The deputy placed the suspect in police custody without further incident.”
Authorities are still working to determine the reason behind the stab attack.
“Regarding a reason, this has not yet been determined,” said Shea. “Our detectives, with the help of the FBI, have questioned it, and this will be part of the investigation as it advances.”
The victims are treated at the Munson Medical Center of City.
The conditions of stabbed people are improving, according to officials of Munson Healthcare, and Dr. Tom Schirmerhorn, chief doctor of the Munson Medical Center, said that all victims should survive.
On Monday afternoon, a patient remains in serious condition, five are in good condition, two are in good condition, two others have been treated and transferred and a patient was treated and released.
Free mental health advice is available for victims and community members at the Northwestern Michigan College Center at Traverse City, from Monday to Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., no appointment is necessary. A 24-hour crisis hotline is also available by calling 833-295-0616.