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Vigil set to wish for victims of Traverse Metropolis Walmart stabbing

By Editorial Board Published August 1, 2025 5 Min Read
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Vigil set to wish for victims of Traverse Metropolis Walmart stabbing

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WOOD) — A prayer vigil can be held Friday night for the victims who have been stabbed at a Traverse Metropolis-area Walmart final weekend.

“We felt it was necessary to provide a space for anyone within our community, however directly impacted they are by what happened on Saturday, to come and grieve within community and to embody the love and the compassion that we want to build as a community here in the Grand Traverse area,” group organizer Jessica Forster mentioned.

The occasion begins at 7 p.m. You possibly can watch it reside on woodtv.com and see a particular report on-line and on WOOD TV+ beginning at 7:30 p.m.

‘We lost him’: Mother of stabbing suspect says system failed him and society

The vigil is being hosted by the SALT Coalition at Sundown Park in downtown Traverse Metropolis. Vigil organizers mentioned they picked the park, which sits on the Grand Traverse Bay, as a result of water is a logo for therapeutic. Pastor Linda Stephan of Central United Methodist Church in Traverse Metropolis mentioned it will likely be an interfaith vigil with representatives from numerous religions.

“We really hope this is an event that everyone will feel comfortable in. This is truly a full community event,” Stephan mentioned. “What makes our town our town is beautiful: We care about one another, we’re compassionate to strangers, we live in celebration of one another and not fear of each other. And so I hope that we can come together and hold hands and support one another through this and walk through a difficult time together.”

Authorities say Bradford Gille attacked 11 folks with a knife at a Walmart simply outdoors Traverse Metropolis. The attacker was stopped by a bunch of bystanders, together with two former Marines, one in every of whom was armed.

As of Friday afternoon, Munson Healthcare in Traverse Metropolis mentioned 4 sufferers have been in good situation, two had been handled and despatched to different services and 5 had been handled and launched.

Gille, 42, who has been charged with 11 counts of tried homicide and one rely of terrorism, is being held on a $1 million bond.

He has a historical past of psychological sickness, together with a prognosis of schizophrenia. His mom, Beverly Gille, informed Information 8 he has suffered psychotic episodes for many years and beforehand assaulted each her and her husband. As soon as, she was hospitalized in consequence. Her son’s psychological situation has put her household “via hell and again, and hell once more. And hell once more, once more, once more,” she mentioned.

Sufferer’s mother: Suspect seemed extra scared than these damage

In 2016, he dug up a grave at a cemetery in Petoskey. He was charged with crimes and in the end discovered not responsible by purpose of madness, at which level he was ordered to a yr in a psychiatric hospital.

Beverly Gille mentioned she believed he was scared on the time of the assault — an opinion echoed by the mom of one of many folks injured within the stabbing.

“(My son) looked up and he saw this guy heading toward him, and he didn’t see a knife, and from what he has told me was the guy with the knife looked more scared than the people he had hurt. And (my son) just stood there, ‘Is there any way I can help him?'” the sufferer’s mom mentioned.

Pastor Stephan reminded the group that grief is available in levels.

“It is OK to be angry, especially for those who are very directly wounded. And I also recognize the pain of the family members who have spoken openly about their long-term struggle and their pain. I hope that we will hold one another tenderly through all of our feelings and emotions and recognize them all as valid,” she mentioned.

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