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Police say multiple people stabbed on Amtrak train in Niles; 1 arrested
WSBT TVS 22 CBS ^ | 12/5/2014 | Jessica Schliska

Posted on 12/05/2014 6:21:40 PM PST by VanShuyten

Police confirm to CBS News multiple people have been stabbed Friday evening on an Amtrak train in Niles. dispatchers say the call came in around 7:00 p.m. for reports of multiple people stabbed at the station near N 6th Street and Pokagon Street in Niles.

Police confirm to CBS News one person has been arrested. The conditions of those injured are unknown.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: amtrak; crime; michigan; niles; stabbing; train
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
I have ridden that very train before — a couple of times. Well, one time it broke down and we ended up on a bus.

Sounds like something off the the all time classic funny movie "Planes, Trains, and automobiles".

41 posted on 12/05/2014 7:40:40 PM PST by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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To: VanShuyten

gonna go out on a limb and say either black muslim or pissed off black ferguson-type.


42 posted on 12/05/2014 7:49:13 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: dljordan

why, he could be obama’s dad!


43 posted on 12/05/2014 7:50:47 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: VanShuyten; cripplecreek; Gamecock

I’ll bet Amtrak riders are not allowed to carry concealed while traveling, either.


44 posted on 12/05/2014 7:53:30 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

http://www.vniles.com/101/Community

Village of Niles in Illinois?


45 posted on 12/05/2014 8:00:16 PM PST by Maudeen
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To: VanShuyten

Multiple people stabbed...better ban assault rifles!


46 posted on 12/05/2014 8:11:00 PM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: stilloftyhenight

coming to a Lowe’s/Home Depot near you in near future.


47 posted on 12/05/2014 8:11:57 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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To: lonevoice

Using only the facts available at this time? That’s no fun.
Baseless speculation is so much more interesting!


48 posted on 12/05/2014 8:32:53 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: VanShuyten

Niles, Michigan is just a short distance north of the Northern Indiana border. The AMTRAK train involved was likely either The Capitol Limited from Washington, D.C. or the Lake Shore Limited out of Penn Station in New York City.

Usually very full trains.


49 posted on 12/05/2014 9:14:50 PM PST by varina davis (Gov. Rick Perry in 2016)
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To: varina davis
Neither the Capitol Limited nor the Lake Shore Limited duck into Michigan. This was a Wolverine train out of Chicago to Detroit-Pontiac.
50 posted on 12/05/2014 9:27:04 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius

Thanks. My mistake.


51 posted on 12/05/2014 9:49:49 PM PST by varina davis (Gov. Rick Perry in 2016)
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To: Publius

This was on The Blue Water train to Port Huron.

I bet that’s a money maker - Port Huron, Flint, Lansing, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, before going to Chicago.


52 posted on 12/05/2014 10:15:00 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: lonevoice

The story tells us almost nothing, as is typical. Was the train in motion? Did the suspect just board from a station while the train was stopped? Was he a paying passenger? Were police on the train already or did they have to be called?

I once considered traveling Amtrak, but when I learn that they disarm CHL holders, I backed off. at least airplanes supposedly have Air Marshals.


53 posted on 12/06/2014 2:41:41 AM PST by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: VanShuyten

Sudden Gibsmedat Syndrome?


54 posted on 12/06/2014 3:11:06 AM PST by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: cripplecreek

This reminds me of an earlier incident of “black rage” on a train.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road_massacre


55 posted on 12/06/2014 3:19:51 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: cripplecreek

Good grief, I travelled that train dozens of times when I was going to college in Kazoo and would come back to Buchanan for a weekend.

Pretty tame line; My have times changed.


56 posted on 12/06/2014 3:46:02 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: VanShuyten
More here but not a lot.

Police: 4 people stabbed on Amtrak train; 1 in custody

Suspect is Michael Darnell Williams, 44. 1 female and two male passengers and the conductor were attacked. Also praise for the police.

Tyler Vandermolen, who was sitting ten rows from where the stabbing occurred, says, "You see the police getting a lot for bad press with the stuff going on around the country these days, but you got to give it up for these guys they were there in under... within seconds of this happening it was pretty incredible that they may have saved some lives today."
57 posted on 12/06/2014 4:16:54 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: VanShuyten

Since it was only a knife liberals will not care. If he was shot we would never hear the end of it.


58 posted on 12/06/2014 4:46:46 AM PST by matt04
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To: txnativegop
Ah pooh! Now will follow the endless calls for immediate knife control legislation. sheesh!

Worse... expect a ramped up TSA presence along with their bag x-ray scanners and "hands up don't shoot" full body scanners at every single train station in the country. Be sure to arrive at the commuter rail station 90 minutes early to get through the security checkpoint.

59 posted on 12/06/2014 4:54:12 AM PST by Rodamala
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To: Larry Lucido

My sister takes Amtrak a lot and I asked her if they inspect the luggage and she said they don’t. She travels from UT to Chicago.


60 posted on 12/06/2014 5:38:24 AM PST by hsmomx3
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