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Madman Stabs 11 People at Michigan Walmart | Crime Alert 6AM 07.28.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert. I'm as he grace breaking crime needs now.
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  Speaker 2: A violence stabbing incident occurred at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan,
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  Speaker 2: leaving multiple people injured. According to a statement from the
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  Speaker 2: Grand Traverse Sheriff's office, at least eleven people have been
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  Speaker 2: sent to the hospital following the attack that took place
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday, July twenty six. Authorities have apprehended a suspect.
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  Speaker 2: He has been identified as forty two year old Bradford
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  Speaker 2: James Gill. According to the county Sheriff Michael Shay, Gill
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  Speaker 2: has a prior record of assault incidents and controlled substance violations.
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  Speaker 2: Shay said Sunday at a news conference that law enforcement
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  Speaker 2: reported that a deputy was on the scene within minutes
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  Speaker 2: of the incident. The GTSO indicated that the suspect use
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  Speaker 2: a folding knife to carry out the attacks and is
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  Speaker 2: believed that he acted alone. Sheriff Michael Shay addressed the
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  Speaker 2: media saying there is no information suggesting the involvement of
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  Speaker 2: any additional suspects. It seems this was a random, complete
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  Speaker 2: act of violence. Let's listen.
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  Speaker 1: In four to forty.
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  Speaker 3: Three pm, Central Dispatch began receiving calls stating that there
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  Speaker 3: was a man with a knife inside the Walmart store
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  Speaker 3: in Garfield Township, Grand Trevors County, Michigan, actively stabbing people.
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  Speaker 3: A Grand Trevors County Sheriff's deputy was near the location
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  Speaker 3: and arrived at four forty six pm. At the time
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  Speaker 3: of the deputy's arrival, multiple citizens, including one who was
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  Speaker 3: armed with a pistol, were confronting the male suspect in
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  Speaker 3: the parking lot and preventing him from harming further people
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  Speaker 3: and leaving. The deputy took the suspect into custody without
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  Speaker 3: further incident. During the incident, eleven individuals were injured by
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  Speaker 3: the suspect. The weapon used was a folding knife with
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  Speaker 3: a three and a half inch cutting blade.
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  Speaker 2: All victims are currently receiving treatment at the Munson Medical Center.
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  Speaker 2: By standards, the Walmart played a role in both the
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  Speaker 2: apprehension of the suspect and the care of the injured.
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  Speaker 2: According to a Facebook update from months in healthcare, five
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  Speaker 2: victims are in serious condition, six remain in critical condition.
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  Speaker 2: Sheriff Shay reported that among the victims, six are male,
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  Speaker 2: five r female. A spokesperson for Walmart expressed their dismay,
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  Speaker 2: saying violence like this is unacceptable. Our thoughts are with
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  Speaker 2: those who are injured. We are grateful for the rapid
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  Speaker 2: response of first responders. We will continue to cooperate and
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  Speaker 2: work closely with law enforcement during this investigation. Bystanders who
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  Speaker 2: are in the store shopping say the man rushed in
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  Speaker 2: and begin stabbing anyone he came close to. The Gtso
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  Speaker 2: conveyed their condolences, saying our thoughts and prayers are with
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  Speaker 2: the victims and the families. The investigation is ongoing. The
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  Speaker 2: suspect is currently behind bars.
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  Speaker 4: Nicole, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after.
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  Speaker 2: This, four family members in Florida have been taken into
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  Speaker 2: custody and faced charges related to alleged child abuse involving
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  Speaker 2: several adopted and foster children under their care. Brian Griffith
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  Speaker 2: forty seven, Jill Griffith forty one, dally In twenty one,
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  Speaker 2: and Liberty Griffith nineteen were charged with aggravated child abuse
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  Speaker 2: after reports surfaced of mistreatment towards nine children between the
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  Speaker 2: ages of seven and sixteen living in their Fort White home.
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  Speaker 2: According to a statement from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office,
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  Speaker 2: the investigation began when deputies were called to assist the
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  Speaker 2: Florida Department of Children and Family with a court ordered
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  Speaker 2: removal of the nine children from the Griffith's home. This
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  Speaker 2: order was prompted by concerns raised by a mandatory reporter
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  Speaker 2: from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints
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  Speaker 2: in Branford, Florida. They reported a potential abuse occurring in
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  Speaker 2: the home. Involved in the investigation included five biological children
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  Speaker 2: and four who were adopted. Alarm was raised when church
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  Speaker 2: members noted that one of the Griffith's children possessed a
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  Speaker 2: quote functioning electronic stun gun shortly before the allegation surfaced,
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  Speaker 2: leading to worries about possible unequal treatment between the biological
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  Speaker 2: and adopted children. During police interviews, the children reported being
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  Speaker 2: confined under the bunk bed, where they were secured with
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  Speaker 2: screws in the plywood. They were subjected to vinegar spraying
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  Speaker 2: as punishment, beaten with a cane, and made to lie
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  Speaker 2: on the floor with the plywood pressing down on them,
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  Speaker 2: they said. Additionally, the children claimed they were not sent
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  Speaker 2: to school, lacked basic literacy education, and were given medication
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  Speaker 2: without prescriptions. And arrest weren't revealed that Brian and Jill
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  Speaker 2: adopted their children in Arizona before moving to Fort White,
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  Speaker 2: and they maintained that the stun gun was merely a
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  Speaker 2: quote fake toy, despite evidence proving it was a real weapon.
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  Speaker 2: The arrest warrant also noted that church employees informed child
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  Speaker 2: welfare officials that the Griffiths typically adopted or fostered African
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  Speaker 2: American children and expressed concerns regarding the treatment of those children. Particularly,
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  Speaker 2: it was reported that the foster or adopted children did
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  Speaker 2: not know their last names or personal basic details. The
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  Speaker 2: CCSO indicated that a tenth foster child lived in the home,
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  Speaker 2: but was not present during the investigation. That child was
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  Speaker 2: later found and police say he is safe with biological
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  Speaker 2: parents in Arizona. Additionally, an unnamed foster child mentioned in
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  Speaker 2: the arrest warrant has accused Dillion, the older Griffith's son,
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  Speaker 2: of sexual assault. Brian, Jill, Dillion, and Liberty have been
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  Speaker 2: taken to the Columbia County Detention Facility, where they are
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  Speaker 2: each being held on a bond of five hundred thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 1: Jason huff, an Army vet works as a Department of
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  Speaker 1: Corrections officer Cameron, Missouri, November twelve. He drives about half
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  Speaker 1: an hour to Saint Joseph to run errands. He's seen
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  Speaker 1: shopping at several stores, behaving normally. He never comes home.
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  Speaker 1: He's last seeing filling up his tank at a Trek's
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  Speaker 1: mart about twenty minutes south of Saint Joe. The next day,
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  Speaker 1: his twenty fourteen VW found abandon on a rural road Plattsburgh,
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  Speaker 1: twenty five miles east of the gas station. It's a
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  Speaker 1: possible route home to Cameron. His brother, sister's adult daughter
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  Speaker 1: worried sick, saying the grandfather would never leave without telling
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  Speaker 1: his family. Jason Huff now missing three years. If you
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  Speaker 1: have info on Jason Huff, called Cameron PD eight one
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  Speaker 3: Yeah