16th Victim Linked to Mich. Serial Stabbings
Police have confirmed a 16th victim as authorities continue searching for a knife-wielding serial stabber suspected of killing five people and injuring 11 others on Flint-area streets.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Tuesday a 27-year-old Flint man told Michigan State Police that he was walking alone on the city's northwest side in the early morning hours July 27, when he was approached by a white man who asked for directions and stabbed him three times.
The victim, who is black, was treated at a hospital and released. All but two of Michigan's 16 victims were black.
The victim told police the suspect was driving a dark green Chevy S-10 Blazer with tan trim, with a model year ranging from 1995 to about 2004. The vehicle is linked to similar assaults in Toledo, Ohio and Leesburg, Va.
Police in Northern Virginia said Monday they think the killer in Michigan was responsible for three attacks there.
Leesburg Chief of Police Joseph R. Price said he was confident, though not certain, that a white man was responsible for two stabbings and a hammer attack in his town in the last week, as well as the Michigan murders. Descriptions of the suspect have also been similar in both states, but police haven't revealed any other evidence linking the stabbings.
The Leesburg victims were two African-American men and a Latino teen with a dark complexion. In Michigan, all but two of the 15 victims were black.
Police in Toledo, Ohio, were also investigating whether a stabbing Saturday that critically injured a church janitor, a black man, could be linked to the serial stabber.
The FBI is assisting Leesburg police, the lead agency investigating.
Most of the Michigan attacks occurred in Flint, about 50 miles north of Detroit. Flint is a predominantly black city, and investigators there were unsure if the attacks were racially motivated.
In Leesburg, some 420 miles away, blacks make up only about 10 percent of the population, and Price said investigators quickly concluded the attacks were targeting African-Americans.
None of the victims was robbed.
The attacks in the Flint began in May 24 and targeted males 17 to 60. But it was only last week that a pattern became apparent to police there.
The last attack in Michigan was Aug. 2. The first attack in Virginia was a day later. The first attack in Virginia occurred when a 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the back while jogging down a street in Leesburg. Two days later, a 67-year-old man was stabbed - also in the back - while sitting on steps of his apartment complex. The man lost a kidney but is expected to make a full recovery. And Friday, a 19-year-old victim was attacked with a hammer while walking through a shopping center parking lot.
All the victims have been by themselves.
In Michigan, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said the descriptions of the suspect and his vehicle are similar to those provided by victims in Leesburg.
Survivors said the attacker approached victims in Flint seeking directions or help with a vehicle.
AP/CBS Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Tuesday a 27-year-old Flint man told Michigan State Police that he was walking alone on the city's northwest side in the early morning hours July 27, when he was approached by a white man who asked for directions and stabbed him three times.
The victim, who is black, was treated at a hospital and released. All but two of Michigan's 16 victims were black.
The victim told police the suspect was driving a dark green Chevy S-10 Blazer with tan trim, with a model year ranging from 1995 to about 2004. The vehicle is linked to similar assaults in Toledo, Ohio and Leesburg, Va.
Police in Northern Virginia said Monday they think the killer in Michigan was responsible for three attacks there.
Leesburg Chief of Police Joseph R. Price said he was confident, though not certain, that a white man was responsible for two stabbings and a hammer attack in his town in the last week, as well as the Michigan murders. Descriptions of the suspect have also been similar in both states, but police haven't revealed any other evidence linking the stabbings.
The Leesburg victims were two African-American men and a Latino teen with a dark complexion. In Michigan, all but two of the 15 victims were black.
Police in Toledo, Ohio, were also investigating whether a stabbing Saturday that critically injured a church janitor, a black man, could be linked to the serial stabber.
The FBI is assisting Leesburg police, the lead agency investigating.
Most of the Michigan attacks occurred in Flint, about 50 miles north of Detroit. Flint is a predominantly black city, and investigators there were unsure if the attacks were racially motivated.
In Leesburg, some 420 miles away, blacks make up only about 10 percent of the population, and Price said investigators quickly concluded the attacks were targeting African-Americans.
None of the victims was robbed.
The attacks in the Flint began in May 24 and targeted males 17 to 60. But it was only last week that a pattern became apparent to police there.
The last attack in Michigan was Aug. 2. The first attack in Virginia was a day later. The first attack in Virginia occurred when a 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the back while jogging down a street in Leesburg. Two days later, a 67-year-old man was stabbed - also in the back - while sitting on steps of his apartment complex. The man lost a kidney but is expected to make a full recovery. And Friday, a 19-year-old victim was attacked with a hammer while walking through a shopping center parking lot.
All the victims have been by themselves.
In Michigan, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said the descriptions of the suspect and his vehicle are similar to those provided by victims in Leesburg.
Survivors said the attacker approached victims in Flint seeking directions or help with a vehicle.
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Your chances of surviving a knife or club attack are much, much better than your chances of surviving a gun attack. We need to use a little judgment in evaluating these things.
Ever heard of a drive-by clubbing? Has anybody killed 30 people in the blink of an eye with a knife?
I would have to agree with the first part of your post; my chances are much, much better. That's because I will be using a gun to defend myself against knives, bats, swords, other weapons (including guns) rather than wondering if I should. If someone in the area would gun-up instead of crying about evil guns they may get this guy before he can attack again.
The second part; Yes, I've heard of drive-by clubbings. No, I haven't known of anyone to kill 30 people 'in the blink of an eye' with a knife. I also haven't known of it with a gun, either. Neither have you!
Don't insult our intelligence with such drivel as trying to make a correlation between the length of time to die via a clubbing or a shooting. You and anyone in their right mind knows their chances of survival are far better against a club or knife than a gun.
At least a club or knife would take some skill and strength to kill another person unlike a firearm.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton addresses several questions about the suspected serial killer in the Flint area at a press conference Monday.
Stabbing Suspect
White Male
Late 20s - Early 30s
5'-11" - 6'-2"
180 - 210 lbs
May have Light Colored Hair
Usually Wears a Baseball Cap
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(866) 246-9500
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Flint, Michigan
(866) 246-9500
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton addresses several questions about the suspected serial killer in the Flint area at a press conference Monday.
watch video www.FlintAfterDark.com
We truly are becoming a 3rd world joke, because judges and juries don't have the cojones to actually PUNISH the wrongdoers. Worse yet, our idiotic culture worships criminality and the loser lifestyle.
We either turn it around or we'll become what we're fighting in Afghanistan.