State authorities say suspect in custody and investigation under way into stabbing at Traverse City store
Authorities in Michigan are investigating after multiple people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City, police said on Saturday.
The Michigan state police said in a social media post that a suspect is in custody and the local sheriff’s office is investigating the incident. The agency asked that people avoid the area while the investigation is ongoing.
A Walmart corporate spokesperson, Joe Pennington, said by email that the company was “working with police and defer questions to them right now”.
Lt Michelle Robinson, the public information officer for the Michigan state police’s sixth district, confirmed to the Detroit News that a person was taken into police custody but could not give details on the number of people stabbed.
