6 people in critical condition after US stabbing incident

Eleven people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday — with six in critical condition —in what a Michigan sheriff said appeared to be a random act. A suspect was in custody, authorities said.

- Associated Press

Around 4:45pm (local time), a 42-year-old man entered the store and used a folding knife to stab ll people, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office said ina statement on social media. Asheriff's deputy arrived within minutes and took the man into custody, and people in the store also helped apprehend the suspect and treat victims, the sheriff's office said.

The victims’ ages weren't immediately released. “Eleven is 1 too many, but thank God it wasn’t more,” Sheriff Michael Shea told reporters.