A sudden, unprovoked attack at a homeless shelter in Salem, Oregon, has left twelve victims suffering from "varying types of injuries" on Sunday night.
The incident occurred at Union Gospel Mission when 42-year-old Tony Latrell Williams brandished an 8-inch-long knife and started stabbing people in the lobby of the shelter.
The facility’s manager said the suspect launched the attack when staff tried to take his bag for safekeeping as part of the standard protocol.
Williams stabbed two employees at the front desk before attacking several other people inside and outside the facility.
“As he was going by people, I saw people were hitting the ground, and I was like, ‘What’s going on?’ That’s when I realized he had a knife,” a witness recalled.
“He stabbed them bad. He cut people really bad. He cut one guy from his belly button all the way up to the sternum of his chest.”
Williams has been arraigned on charges of second-degree attempted murder and 11 counts of second-degree assault.
