ROCKFORD: 4 individuals had been killed and 5 harm in stabbings in northern Illinois on Wednesday, authorities mentioned. A suspect is in police custody and was being questioned Wednesday afternoon, based on Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd. She mentioned one of many individuals who was wounded remained in crucial situation. Rockford’s inhabitants is about 150,000 and it is 144.84 kilometres northwest of Chicago. “My heart goes out to the families right now that are suffering a loss,” Redd advised reporters. She mentioned the Rockford Police acquired a medical name at 1.14 pm, adopted by extra requires police and paramedics. She mentioned within the metropolis, “we have four individuals who are deceased. We have one that’s in critical condition right now and an additional four that are in stable condition”. Redd mentioned that not the entire victims had stab wounds. None had been shot. “We have a suspect in custody who is being interviewed at this time,” she mentioned. “We don’t believe there’s any other suspects that are on the run or at large at this particular time.” “Right now, we don’t have a clear motive as to what caused this individual to commit such a heinous crime,” Redd added. The suspect was arrested by a Winnebago County sheriff’s deputy, mentioned Sheriff Gary Caruana. A resident mentioned she witnessed the arrest on Wednesday. “All of the sudden, we heard police run up on both sides of the house screaming Stop! Get down!’,” Vanessa Hy advised WREX-TV. “Then they ran into the backyard and after a few minutes we saw them bringing the suspect down the driveway in handcuffs and he was very bloody.” “It was like a movie, you know, I’ve never seen anything like this,” Hy added. Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara wrote on town’s Fb web page that “multiple jurisdictions” are “working on multiple crime scenes to develop an understanding of what transpired in an effort to prevent this from happening again”. The violence Wednesday got here days after a teenage worker of a Walmart in Rockford was stabbed and killed inside the shop. “Today, we are shocked by another horrific act of violence against innocent members of our community,” McNamara added. “We can report that the suspect is in custody and the threat has been neutralised. Now that he is in custody, our primary concern is ensuring that our community members directly impacted by this violence are supported throughout their healing and recovery.”
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