SOMERSET, Wis. (AP) — A Minnesota youngster died and 4 people have been significantly harm after being stabbed whilst tubing down a Wisconsin river, government mentioned.
St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson the sufferers and suspect, a 52-year-old Prior Lake, Minnesota guy, have been all at the Apple River when the assault took place Saturday afternoon. Knudson mentioned investigators have been operating to decide what resulted in the stabbings and whether or not the sufferers and suspect knew each and every different. They have been tubing with two other teams that incorporated about 20 other folks.
“We don’t know but who was once hooked up to who, who knew each and every different or what induced it,” Knudson mentioned.
The knife assault took place on a difficult-to-access phase of the river close to the city of Somerset, Wisconsin, which is set 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Minneapolis. The suspect was once arrested about an hour and a part later whilst getting off the river downstream.
“Thank goodness a witness had taken a photograph of him,” Knudson informed the Minneapolis Megastar Tribune. “Any other witness positioned him on the go out of the tubing space, the place he was once taken into custody.”
A 17-year-old boy from Stillwater, Minnesota, died. Two of the opposite sufferers have been flown to a health facility in St. Paul, Minnesota, and two others have been taken there through ambulance. The sheriff’s place of work mentioned Sunday that the situation of all 4 surviving sufferers — a lady and 3 males of their 20s — ranged from critical to essential. They suffered stab wounds to their chests and torsos.
The sheriff’s place of work didn’t title the sufferers, however did supply a couple of information about them. The sufferers incorporated a 20-year-old guy and a 22-year-old guy from Good fortune, Wisconsin; a 22-year-old guy from Elk River, Minnesota; and a 24-year-old lady from Burnsville, Minnesota;
The title of the suspect wasn’t in an instant launched, however St. Croix County prison data display a 52-year-old guy was once being held with out bond on suspicion of first-degree murder, 4 counts of irritated battery and 4 counts of mayhem.