A person went on a stabbing rampage in a residential neighborhood in Northern Illinois on Wednesday afternoon, killing 4 individuals and wounding 5 in an assault that included a house invasion and concerned a number of crime scenes, the authorities mentioned.
Carla Redd, the police chief in Rockford, a metropolis of about 150,000 some 80 miles northwest of Chicago, mentioned at a information convention {that a} suspect had been taken into custody within the assault, whose motive was unclear.
Three of the 4 victims who have been killed died on the scene, and the opposite at a hospital, the authorities mentioned. Of these injured, one particular person was in important situation at a hospital whereas 4 others have been in steady situation.
The police didn’t title the suspect, however mentioned that nobody else was being sought within the assault. “We don’t imagine there’s some other suspects which can be on the run or at massive at this explicit time,” Chief Redd mentioned at a information convention.
Sheriff Gary Caruana of Winnebago County mentioned that among the many victims was a girl who was operating away from the suspect after an obvious house invasion. She and an individual who had tried to assist suffered stab wounds, the sheriff added. The girl is in severe situation whereas the person who intervened is in steady situation, he mentioned.
The chief added that not all of the victims had been stabbed, although she famous that no gunshots had been fired. A mailman was among the many victims, the authorities mentioned.
4 sufferers have been taken to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Middle in Rockford, a hospital spokesman confirmed.
Mayor Tom McNamara of Rockford mentioned on the information convention that the episode had shaken the neighborhood, which was already reeling from one other stabbing on Sunday during which a person was charged with homicide within the killing of an 18-year-old worker inside a Walmart.
The killings got here a month after police celebrated a report displaying that violent crimes had dropped by 19 % within the metropolis final yr, although homicides have been up from 2022.
The police mentioned that that they had acquired requires police and emergency help at about 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday.
Images from the scene confirmed police tape blockading massive parts of a road within the residential neighborhood as hearth and patrol automobiles arrived.
Vanessa Hy, a resident, instructed a neighborhood tv station that she noticed police taking the suspect into custody.
“Then they bumped into the yard and, after a couple of minutes, we noticed them bringing the suspect down the driveway in handcuffs, and he was very bloody,” Ms. Hy instructed WREX 13.