Horrific news just outside of Chicagoland:
A man went on a stabbing rampage in a residential neighborhood in Northern Illinois on Wednesday afternoon, killing four people and wounding five in an attack that included a home invasion and involved multiple crime scenes, the authorities said.
Carla Redd, the police chief in Rockford, a city of about 150,000 some 80 miles northwest of Chicago, said at a news conference that a suspect had been taken into custody in the attack, whose motive was unclear.
Another media report listed a total of 11 injured. The murdered individuals, meanwhile,
have been identified as a 15-year-old girl, a 63-year-old woman, a 49-year-old man, and a 22-year-old man.
Footage of the scene of the crime showed police clustered in a residential area around what appeared to be a hastily abandoned pickup truck:
Local news, meanwhile, said that "one of the victims is a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service," while another stabbing victim (a young woman) was in critical condition. Police said not all the victims were stabbed, and that a firearm was not used in the attack.
Multiple news outlets identified the attack as taking place across several streets on the city's southeast side of Rockford:
The Associated Press has more details:
The suspect was arrested by a Winnebago County sheriff's deputy after they were called to a reported home invasion, Sheriff Gary Caruana said.
"The young lady ran from him," Caruana said of one of the survivors. "She got some stab wounds in her hands and her face. She is in serious condition. One of the good Samaritans stopped to help her out. He did get some stab wounds. He is being checked out."
As of Wednesday evening, police had not yet identified a motive in the rampage.
A description or name of the suspect has not been released. We'll see if that actually happens.
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