(TN) Mass Stabbing at Schnucks(?) (merged threads)

[Mannlicher]

"Our first priority is the customers and associates," said Schnucks Markets Inc. spokeswoman Lori Willis. She said officials from the St. Louis-based company were on their way to the scene.

If Schnucks were all that concerned, they would allow employees to carry. Their 'concern' is just more disingenuous double talk and platitudes.

 

[armedandsafe]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...NOL-?SITE=TNKNN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

I realize this is a later story than the original, but the writer repeats himself. If the original reporter tells of the gun, and repeats it 2 days later, what are we to think when no mention of the gun is in any other MSM stories? Do the other media outlets neglect to mention this because of time/space restraints. Do they change any mention of the gun to "tackled" or "wrestled to the ground" because of time/space constraints? Hmmmm

Jul 23, 5:15 PM EDT

Those who know stabbing suspect surprised at his actions

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Those who know the man accused of attacking eight grocery store co-workers with knives before being stopped by a witness who pulled a gun say his actions are surprising.

Police said 21-year-old Elatrice Ingram seriously injured four of the Schnucks employees Friday before he was arrested.

"He was never in any trouble and never caused any problems," said seafood department manager Justin Murchison, who Ingram stabbed on top of his head and on his left forearm.

Murchison, 27, was among four workers who were treated and released. Two of the victims remained hospitalized Sunday at the Regional Medical Center, the main trauma hospital in the Memphis area.

Theresa Howard was in serious condition and Anitra Flowers was listed as fair, according to the hospital.

Seven of the victims were stabbed, while another suffered heat-related symptoms. Another person was threatened, resulting in nine counts of attempted first-degree murder against Ingram.

The attack is believed to have stemmed from a work dispute, but police are still investigating. Two large kitchen knives used in the attack were found at the scene.

Memphis police spokesman Sgt. Vince Higgins said Ingram, who was being held in the Shelby County Jail, has refused to make a statement in the case.

Higgins said the attack started in an employee area of the supermarket on the outskirts of Memphis and no customers were involved.

He said Ingram, chasing one victim into the store's parking lot, was subdued by Chris Cope, manager of a financial services office in the same small shopping center.

Cope said he grabbed a 9mm semiautomatic pistol from his pickup truck when he saw the suspect chasing the victim "like something in a serial killer movie.

"When he turned around and saw my pistol, he threw the knife away, put his hands up and got on the ground," Cope told The Associated Press. "He saw my gun and that was pretty much it."

Police arrived within minutes and took Ingram into custody.

"He just kept saying, 'I'm insane. I wish I was never born' and that kind of stuff," Cope said.

Murchison said Ingram had just gotten back from vacationing with his family.

"I asked him 'better than being at work?' and I saw that he didn't want to be bothered," Murchison said.

Toremika Brown, who has lived next door to Ingram's family for four years, said they were good neighbors, even though Ingram's father seemed strict.

She said Ingram's parents had made him walk to work a few times. However, she's surprised by what happened Saturday.

"To me, it didn't seem like his character," Brown said.

Ingram, who was working at Schnucks for the summer, is a student at Middle Tennessee State University, where he made the Dean's List, according to The Commercial Appeal.

Tim Miller, a University of Memphis student who went to Cordova High with Ingram, described him as a kind of recluse.

"Freshmen year we were in Wellness (class) together. He was kind of an odd kid. Never spoke to anyone," Miller said. "He was never tortured, but he got made fun of a little bit."

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[dev_null]

I noticed that the Washington Post reported he was stopped by a witness with a gun, the NY Times reported the "tackled" story. I would suspect different stories for different audiences, except that the Post, aka the "Pravda on the Potomac" is just as left as the NY "All the news we want you to see" Times.