5 people stabbed while tubing in ‘chaotic’ scene

An adolescent was killed and 4 individuals have been critically wounded after they have been stabbed whereas tubing on a busy Wisconsin river on Saturday, authorities mentioned.

St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson described the scene as “chaotic” and “scary.”

“I am positive that anyone that witnessed it can always remember it,” he instructed reporters throughout a press briefing Saturday. “It’s a tragedy.”

5 individuals have been stabbed with a knife whereas tubing on the Apple River in Somerset Saturday afternoon, the sheriff mentioned.

A 17-year-old boy from Minnesota was transported to an space hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless, Knudson mentioned.

The 4 different victims have been all believed to have crucial accidents, he mentioned. Two victims have been transported out of the hard-to-reach space by helicopter and several other ambulances responded.

The surviving victims included one lady and three males, all of their early 20s, the sheriff mentioned.

A suspect had fled the scene however was taken into custody with out incident, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

The sheriff mentioned he was a 52-year-old man from Minnesota. A bystander took a photograph of him, which helped authorities in finding him, he mentioned.

Authorities have been looking the world for the knife used within the assault and have been interviewing a “variety of witnesses”, Knudson mentioned.

“We’re really within the technique of making an attempt to divert a few of the tubing site visitors round our crime scene,” he mentioned. “That alone is inflicting some challenges making an attempt to get them off the river, and gathering up what we are able to in a hard-to-get-to space.

It’s unclear what led as much as the assault, Knudson mentioned.

There isn’t a additional menace to the general public, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Somerset is positioned close to the Wisconsin-Minnesota border, about 35 miles east of Minneapolis.

The Apple River is a well-liked vacation spot for tubing and tenting.

It is a growing story. Please examine again for updates.