Apple River stabbings: 4 surviving victims are in secure situation, costs anticipated Monday

SOMERSET, Wis. — Authorities in western Wisconsin have launched extra particulars within the deadly stabbing incident at a preferred tubing space on the Apple River, together with the situations of the surviving victims.

In response to the St. Croix Sheriff’s Workplace, the dispatch workplace acquired reviews of a stabbing on the Apple River upstream from Dawn Bridge in Somerset at roughly 3:45 p.m. Saturday. When deputies arrived, they discovered 5 folks with stab wounds to their mid-sections.

“Deputies, in addition to residents, started offering medical care to the victims,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned Sunday.

The suspect, a 52-year-old man from Prior Lake, Minnesota, initially ran off however is now in custody. Police say he was with one other group that was tubing. He didn’t have a knife when officers arrested him.

All 5 victims have been taken to space hospitals, with two airlifted to Areas Hospital in St. Paul and one other two taken by ambulance to the identical location. The fifth sufferer was taken to Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater the place he was pronounced lifeless.

Authorities mentioned the deceased sufferer is a 17-year-old boy from Stillwater.

The 4 victims are all in secure situations, with accidents starting from critical to vital of their torso and chest areas. They’re recognized as:

• 22-year-old man from Luck
• 22-year-old man from Elk River, Minnesota
• 24-year-old girl from Burnsville, Minnesota
• 20-year-old man from Luck, Wisconsin

The suspect’s title will not be being launched till he is formally charged, which authorities count on shall be Monday. Authorities mentioned he was situated close to the exit level for tubers on the Apple River, after which taken into custody with out incident. He’s being held on the St. Croix County Jail.

“The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Workplace needs to thank the companies that responded to help with this traumatic incident and specific our gratitude to the residents that stepped in to supply care and luxury to the victims,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned within the replace.

The sheriff’s workplace mentioned Saturday that it is unclear if the stabbing was random and investigators are trying to find out a motive.

Tubing within the space has been closed whereas investigators work out and in of the river.

Anybody with info, together with video, are requested to name Investigator John Shilts at 715-381-4219 or emailing johnshiltsjr@sccwi.gov.