17-Year-Old Stabbed to Death While 4 Others Left Wounded in a Knife Attack on Wisconsin River

Photo: Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP

A 17-year-old male was killed and four others were left critically injured after a knife attack on the Apple River in Wisconsin, authorities confirmed.

The tragedy occurred while the group was tubing down the river on Saturday afternoon in St. Croix County.

Officials from St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office said investigators are looking into the motives of the attack and whether or not the group and the suspect knew each other prior, theAssociated Pressreports.

“We don’t know yet who was connected to who, who knew each other, or what precipitated it,” Sheriff Scott Knudson told theMinneapolis Star Tribune. “Thank goodness a witness had taken a photo of him.”

“Another witness located him at the exit of the tubing area, where he was taken into custody,” he added.

Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP

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However, the fifth victim was pronounced dead after being transported to Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Police did not immediately release the names of the victims, but they did share that the survivors of the attack include one woman and three men in their 20s who are suffering serious to critical injuries to their torso or chest areas.

The case currently remains under investigation.

source: people.com