Man accused of fatally stabbing teen and wounding 4 adults who were tubing down Wisconsin river

A 17-year-old boy was killed and 4 different individuals have been wounded when a person stabbed them Saturday because the group was tubing down the Apple River, a Wisconsin sheriff mentioned.

The 52-year-old suspect is from close by Minnesota, as was the sufferer who died, St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudsen instructed reporters, together with NBC affiliate KARE of Minneapolis, at a information convention Saturday. Neither was recognized Saturday.

The 4 survivors have been described solely as one lady and three males, all of their 20s. No less than three of the victims have been hospitalized in essential situation, whereas a fourth was described as “strolling wounded,” Knudsen mentioned.

Investigators have not pinpointed motive for the assault. Knudsen mentioned the suspect and victims have been in several teams of individuals concurrently tubing down the river when incident occurred round 3:45 p.m. Saturday in Somerset, Wisconsin.

“Everyone was tubing,” the sheriff mentioned.

The suspect in custody had left after the stabbing however was tracked down with the assistance of onlookers, together with one who took a photograph of the suspect and one other who noticed him an hour and a half after the incident, the sheriff mentioned.

The suspect was in St. Croix County Jail awaiting attainable expenses, Knudsen mentioned.

The suspect was not identified to the sheriff’s division, and Knudsen mentioned such an assault was uncommon for the realm.

“It has been quite a lot of years since a stabbing passed off,” he mentioned, “perhaps 15 years now.”