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2025-07-27 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Michigan Walmart mass stabbing leaves 11 injured, 6 critical:

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-07-27 00:57|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [226 views ] Top

#1 Michigan's governor hit hardest - knife used instead of gun.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-07-27 07:26|| 2025-07-27 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Knife control will be followed by spork control, but you can actually kill a bunch of people with the jawbone of an ass if you let your hair grow.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-07-27 08:03|| 2025-07-27 08:03|| Front Page Top

#3
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Posted by Omavimp Clineter1697 2025-07-27 08:22|| 2025-07-27 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Bold moment of courage as ordinary shoppers confront knife attacker in Michigan Walmart after he stabbed 11

Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-27 10:38|| 2025-07-27 10:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Video of bystanders with their guns drawn confronting a man
Video is linked to online news coverage of the event. Time/place/person evidence is loosely linked to the video. There seems to be a real conspiracy of silence in national and world media about this part of the mass stabbing that (AFAICT) was terminated abruptly when bystander or bystanders drew their legal weapons and induced the stabber to stop stabbing.
I have visited this exact Walmart many times on vacations. At the time of the stabbings, a Saturday afternoon in July, the store is usually jammed with huge numbers of weekend customers. I imagine many amateur videos were taken at the time, which may eventually surface.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-07-27 11:01|| 2025-07-27 11:01|| Front Page Top

#6 There are "ordinary shoppers" and then there are "extraordinary shoppers" with concealed weapons who can and will step into action when no one else can or will.
Bits of other news coverage said some unarmed bystanders tried to stop the knifeman but were themselves stabbed. Note the image of a man keeping an empty shopping cart between him and the alleged perp.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-07-27 11:07|| 2025-07-27 11:07|| Front Page Top

#7 I am eagerly awaiting Gov. "Wretched Gretchen" and other Michigan Dems to say something stupid about this tragedy.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-07-27 11:09|| 2025-07-27 11:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Black on Black, and the good guys with the gun(s) won. That goes against so much ugly common wisdom it’s a wonder heads aren’t exploding all across the Blue parts of the country.

Content of their character for the win.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-27 11:26|| 2025-07-27 11:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Stories that don’t fit the narrative are not boosted.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-07-27 12:30|| 2025-07-27 12:30|| Front Page Top

#10 Black on Black, and the good guys with the gun(s) won.

A most unusual event for a small northern Michigan town. My first guess was tourists, but looking at the pix & vids, the perp looks more like a homeless white dude. A couple months ago, the city shut down a long-running homeless encampment in a city park known as The Pines. Makes me wonder if this is some spillover from that.

some unarmed bystanders tried to stop the knifeman but were themselves stabbed. Note the image of a man keeping an empty shopping cart between him and the alleged perp.

Pro Tip: Never rush a knife. Find something to put between you and the bad guy.

Traverse City is a popular vacation spot on the coast of Lake Michigan.
It is known for its cherry festival, wineries and lighthouses and is about 25 miles east of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

I cannot help but notice that *every* article I have seen on this incident closes with essentially the same paragraph: Traverse City is a small town approximately NNN miles from SOME-LARGE-MICHIGAN-CITY. ChatGPT, is that you?

Posted by SteveS 2025-07-27 13:17|| 2025-07-27 13:17|| Front Page Top

#11 What ???!!! People with guns stopped a man merely armed with a knife? How is that fair? Arrest all those people with guns immediately!!! Nobody should carry guns, especially in a Walmart. /sarcasm, if you couldn't tell

Posted by Rambler 2025-07-27 13:28|| 2025-07-27 13:28|| Front Page Top

#12 the perp looks more like a homeless white dude.

I am willing to be corrected. ;-) Regardless, the Good Citizen may have dredlocks, but he’s wearing a clean, ironed polo shirt with a clean, white undershirt underneath. Wholly respectable middle class.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-27 14:09|| 2025-07-27 14:09|| Front Page Top

#13 I am willing to be corrected.

Me, too! It is still early in the game. The fact that the suspect is in custody but nobody is saying anything about him is usually a sign of a minority perp.

And three cheers for good guys with guns, and people willing to stand up!

Posted by SteveS 2025-07-27 14:36|| 2025-07-27 14:36|| Front Page Top

#14 The Daily Mail has name, age, and a clear photo:

Authorities have identified the knifeman who stabbed 11 people inside a Michigan Walmart as Bradford James Gille.

Gille, 42, will face charges of terrorism and 11 counts of assault with intent to murder, the Grand Traverse county prosecutor has revealed.

Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Noelle Moeggenberg told reporters that the terrorism charge will be brought due to the fact that investigators believe Gille intended to 'affect the entire community, to put fear in the entire community, and to change how maybe we operate on a daily basis.'

The horrific attack unfolded at the Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday afternoon. Gille allegedly entered the store during a calm shopping afternoon and randomly stabbed the victims with a folding pocket knife, authorities say.

Minutes after the attack, he was in custody with the help of bystanders at the store.

Moeggenberg called the attack 'a very random act of violence.'

Gille, who police said is a Michigan resident, remains in custody at the Grand Traverse County Jail and is expected to be arraigned Monday or Tuesday.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-27 18:13|| 2025-07-27 18:13|| Front Page Top

#15 One bozo negatively impacts the economy of a minor local tourist destination screwing over lots of people because of reasons.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-07-27 19:33|| 2025-07-27 19:33|| Front Page Top

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