4 dead in mass stabbing incident in Illinois

A suspect is in custody after allegedly stabbing multiple people in Rockford, Illinois, police said.
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  • @garystreeter7679
    @garystreeter7679Ай бұрын

    Ban assault knives

  • @valevisa8429

    @valevisa8429

    Ай бұрын

    Why ?

  • @kf4293

    @kf4293

    Ай бұрын

    Don't encourage them. 🙄

  • @vladimirtalijan

    @vladimirtalijan

    Ай бұрын

    @@UnCannyValley67 It's not funny if you don't have a clue what's happening :)

  • @Priest_Of_Zebak

    @Priest_Of_Zebak

    Ай бұрын

    ​@UnCannyValley67 I bet you don't own a firearm and would have been on the phone calling 911 in this situation.

  • @ChrisSauer-oe5ve

    @ChrisSauer-oe5ve

    Ай бұрын

    You know how stupid that sounds 🤦‍♂️🙄

  • @deadname...
    @deadname...Ай бұрын

    I think it's time for a comprehensive discussion about common sense knife control laws.

  • @alabamaman1372

    @alabamaman1372

    Ай бұрын

    We need common sense animal control.

  • @deathnote7523

    @deathnote7523

    Ай бұрын

    Ban ASSAULT knifes!

  • @Odin33356

    @Odin33356

    Ай бұрын

    Sue the tax payers and ban pitbulls because your parents were paid to breed overfed entitled assholes

  • @marylstone9442

    @marylstone9442

    Ай бұрын

    We need common sense border control.

  • @Odin33356

    @Odin33356

    Ай бұрын

    What a country for entitled Mathew and Timmy the tool.

  • @mikeoxbig0076
    @mikeoxbig0076Ай бұрын

    No name…..No photo….We all know.

  • @ard8001

    @ard8001

    Ай бұрын

    we also all know who the victims most likely are too, since i read there was "no known motive"

  • @alldadsunited

    @alldadsunited

    Ай бұрын

    Must be Asian!!

  • @AntNvrt

    @AntNvrt

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@alldadsunitedDarker

  • @dty1207

    @dty1207

    Ай бұрын

    He was white. Sorry your Narrative is crushed, racist internet weirdos

  • @dty1207

    @dty1207

    Ай бұрын

    The man that did the stabbing in Walmart also white btw. The victim was black.

  • @thomasshafer315
    @thomasshafer315Ай бұрын

    No description of the suspect so we know what that means

  • @maddielee4eva123

    @maddielee4eva123

    Ай бұрын

    Takia

  • @FC-qe1wl

    @FC-qe1wl

    Ай бұрын

    DEMOCRAT

  • @randyscrafts8575

    @randyscrafts8575

    Ай бұрын

    Black.

  • @shaunsteele4968

    @shaunsteele4968

    Ай бұрын

    Yes and its sad. That's how we know the race

  • @thomasshafer315

    @thomasshafer315

    Ай бұрын

    @@shaunsteele4968 black privilege

  • @RacecarSpelledBackwards71
    @RacecarSpelledBackwards71Ай бұрын

    The knife lobby has blood on their hands, we need some common sense knife control and a ban on both assault knives & high capacity knives.

  • @cheesecake4648

    @cheesecake4648

    Күн бұрын

    i found the crazy gun guy

  • @fouryearproductions
    @fouryearproductionsАй бұрын

    Bet they do everything they can to not show the stabbers face in the coming weeks.

  • @Odin33356

    @Odin33356

    Ай бұрын

    If it was me Russia would know about it

  • @waskomrussell6439

    @waskomrussell6439

    Ай бұрын

    And we know why

  • @reneehouser2925
    @reneehouser2925Ай бұрын

    There goes our cutlery rights 🤦

  • @paulhunter9613

    @paulhunter9613

    Ай бұрын

    It was a ghost knife probably

  • @silentmajority8365

    @silentmajority8365

    Ай бұрын

    @@paulhunter9613 by a suspook

  • @cheesecake4648

    @cheesecake4648

    Күн бұрын

    i found the crazy gun guy

  • @lobotrojan4003
    @lobotrojan4003Ай бұрын

    "...words can not express our sadness..."Will the perp get bail?

  • @Odin33356

    @Odin33356

    Ай бұрын

    And your social security

  • @candicavasos4866

    @candicavasos4866

    Ай бұрын

    No he/she will walk out until next yrs court date

  • @michaelburger3400
    @michaelburger3400Ай бұрын

    Right down the street from my residence this isn't anything new look what happened in our city a few days back walmart worker stabbed with hunting knife. Our mental health division is closed on the west side for almost 5 years now. They walk the street like the walking dead.

  • @calvinroyals6463
    @calvinroyals6463Ай бұрын

    Ban 30 round clip assault knives now. Stop the carnage.

  • @bicofire7390

    @bicofire7390

    Ай бұрын

    Stay away from my katana

  • @GurtiusMaximus
    @GurtiusMaximusАй бұрын

    3 day waiting periods on cutlery now right?

  • @revolutionhamburger
    @revolutionhamburgerАй бұрын

    Time for us to close the knife show loophole.

  • @bbandzzo3k
    @bbandzzo3kАй бұрын

    "mass stabbing"

  • @user-jf9yz2rl6s
    @user-jf9yz2rl6sАй бұрын

    Show their picture and where they are from; we can probably tell you the motive.

  • @user-bx3ng1wc6k
    @user-bx3ng1wc6kАй бұрын

    What was a knife doing outside the kitchen. This world is going insane. Hope some common sense legislation gets pasted. ALSO, why no picture of the alleged suspect.

  • @midnitesilverrun8631
    @midnitesilverrun8631Ай бұрын

    They still haven’t released any information on the suspect.

  • @kentac1911
    @kentac1911Ай бұрын

    Common theme...Armed bad guy, unarmed victims.

  • @p00lboy

    @p00lboy

    Ай бұрын

    was it in a knife free zone?

  • @alldadsunited

    @alldadsunited

    Ай бұрын

    Yes!!!

  • @paulhunter9613

    @paulhunter9613

    Ай бұрын

    @@p00lboy it was an AR15 style knife

  • @mencho888

    @mencho888

    Ай бұрын

    yup, how the cookie crumbles

  • @waynecassels3607
    @waynecassels3607Ай бұрын

    Ban knives.

  • @valevisa8429

    @valevisa8429

    Ай бұрын

    Why ?

  • @christiangill4354

    @christiangill4354

    Ай бұрын

    @@valevisa8429Are you dumb, stupid or dumb? Just take a look at what’s happening. Use your brain big boy, you’d be surprised what you can accomplish with it

  • @qwikstix3

    @qwikstix3

    Ай бұрын

    Ban bots

  • @mattidunno7440

    @mattidunno7440

    Ай бұрын

    😂 i came to say the same

  • @valevisa8429

    @valevisa8429

    Ай бұрын

    @@mattidunno7440Why ? So far none of you answered my question.

  • @supaspygirl4787
    @supaspygirl4787Ай бұрын

    We need stronger anti-knife laws. This is getting ridiculous.

  • @kidicarus2768
    @kidicarus2768Ай бұрын

    Was it a military assault-style knife? With the textured grip😮 RIP

  • @ronaldmcdonald3965

    @ronaldmcdonald3965

    Ай бұрын

    But did the knife have a bayonet lug?

  • @kidicarus2768

    @kidicarus2768

    Ай бұрын

    @@ronaldmcdonald3965 That's a good question🤔

  • @alldadsunited
    @alldadsunitedАй бұрын

    Ban all knives!!! Knife violence is bad. Outlaw any elbow movement that displays a stabbing motion!!!

  • @kandycepeterson2482

    @kandycepeterson2482

    Ай бұрын

    Elbow movement is a arrestable offence! Terrorism!

  • @valevisa8429
    @valevisa8429Ай бұрын

    When mentally ill roam the streets and nobody cares .

  • @Nick_B_Bad
    @Nick_B_BadАй бұрын

    We MUST have universal background checks for assault knifes and cutlery! Imagine if one of the victims had a pistol handy…. 😂

  • @barbos999
    @barbos999Ай бұрын

    Poor Reporting. Not much information.

  • @TheRoyalBavarian
    @TheRoyalBavarianАй бұрын

    What did the suspect look like ?

  • @valevisa8429

    @valevisa8429

    Ай бұрын

    Like a sick American.

  • @edgarcruzsr9695
    @edgarcruzsr9695Ай бұрын

    How about a picture of the animal 🤔?

  • @TahitianTreatSkeetJuiceJr

    @TahitianTreatSkeetJuiceJr

    Ай бұрын

    your deceased mom, or your drug smuggling Mexican father?

  • @TahitianTreatSkeetJuiceJr

    @TahitianTreatSkeetJuiceJr

    Ай бұрын

    Of your deceased mom? Or Spanish smuggling pop?

  • @zenn3339

    @zenn3339

    Ай бұрын

    You do mean,how about a picture of the human.

  • @TahitianTreatSkeetJuiceJr

    @TahitianTreatSkeetJuiceJr

    Ай бұрын

    A pic of your mom? Let me go to the cemetery and take a pic

  • @Jaredhilliard

    @Jaredhilliard

    Ай бұрын

    ​@zenn3339 I mean, humans are animals too.

  • @p00lboy
    @p00lboyАй бұрын

    common sense knife laws for all these assault knives with unlimited stab capacity ... we need knife free zones now

  • @taylorhession1905
    @taylorhession1905Ай бұрын

    We banning knives now?

  • @shaunsteele4968
    @shaunsteele4968Ай бұрын

    Youre not supposed to be able to bring a knife to gunfight. Only in america. Knife wins.

  • @dickeedonut
    @dickeedonutАй бұрын

    Not only are they gonna ban "assault rifles" but now they're gonna try to take away my steak knives

  • @paulhunter9613

    @paulhunter9613

    Ай бұрын

    Butter knives are next..

  • @dickeedonut

    @dickeedonut

    Ай бұрын

    @@paulhunter9613 lost all my butter knives in a "boating accident" 🤫

  • @Demon4Higher
    @Demon4HigherАй бұрын

    I wonder how many rounds the knife had in it’s magazine

  • @unapieza25
    @unapieza25Ай бұрын

    We need more background checks on knives.

  • @kandycepeterson2482

    @kandycepeterson2482

    Ай бұрын

    And i.d.

  • @Conservadouche93
    @Conservadouche93Ай бұрын

    Let me guess, he was praying towards mecka before he commited that act

  • @EricGray-zr2es
    @EricGray-zr2esАй бұрын

    We need to get these knives off the street. Knife violence is avoidable.

  • @mnguardianfan7128

    @mnguardianfan7128

    Ай бұрын

    I understand that you (and basically all other posters) are trying to make a point about how angry you are about any talk about gun control. But you do understand that well more than 30k people die every year in the US from gun violence?

  • @EricGray-zr2es

    @EricGray-zr2es

    Ай бұрын

    @@mnguardianfan7128 many die in car accidents. More than gun violence. What do you say. Should we ban or heavily regulate cars? It's PEOPLE. Not inanimate objects. It's culture. Raise kids to be good adults. And education. It's all intertwined.

  • @mnguardianfan7128

    @mnguardianfan7128

    Ай бұрын

    @@EricGray-zr2es There have been decades of efforts to decrease the lethality of cars by the government at all levels, car manufacturers, and car insurance companies. There has been effectively zero effort to do the same for guns.

  • @EricGray-zr2es

    @EricGray-zr2es

    Ай бұрын

    @mnguardianfan7128 cuz guns are MEANT to be lethal. Cars are not. Come on, man, that was a very silly point.

  • @EricGray-zr2es

    @EricGray-zr2es

    Ай бұрын

    @mnguardianfan7128 honestly. Did you say reduce the lethality of a gun?! I have nothing more to say. I

  • @RodneySlinger
    @RodneySlingerАй бұрын

    If only one of the victims was armed ... An armed citizen is a safe citizen.

  • @utgreenhead
    @utgreenheadАй бұрын

    Ban AR-119 knives NOW!

  • @jasperstromy2778
    @jasperstromy2778Ай бұрын

    Ban knives

  • @valevisa8429

    @valevisa8429

    Ай бұрын

    Why ?

  • @DirtySerb
    @DirtySerbАй бұрын

    There goes the bump handle textured grip.

  • @JR-uw6rz
    @JR-uw6rzАй бұрын

    Hmmmm, where is the picture of the suspect

  • @aaronsimonsen2893
    @aaronsimonsen2893Ай бұрын

    there goes our knives... 🔪

  • @couple4femaleplay
    @couple4femaleplayАй бұрын

    This is why you need to do away with gun permits and allow all people even felons to carry guns

  • @paulhunter9613

    @paulhunter9613

    Ай бұрын

    The felons do carry guns

  • @waskomrussell6439
    @waskomrussell6439Ай бұрын

    Plastic knives kill too. Time for everyone to eat with their hands. Oh I forgot, hands can kill too

  • @kandycepeterson2482

    @kandycepeterson2482

    Ай бұрын

    On lock up an inmate made an effective knife with jolly ranchers!

  • @tammyscott3706
    @tammyscott3706Ай бұрын

    ILLEGALS!

  • @LostinmyAmazingness
    @LostinmyAmazingnessАй бұрын

    There’s only one thing that can be done - ban all metal so knives can never be made again. And regulate all sharp objects and don’t allow law abiding citizens to own them. Only untrained and ignorant government should have sharp objects.

  • @VioletEvans-yt2fd
    @VioletEvans-yt2fdАй бұрын

    Notice no description or name. We all know what that means.

  • @jB-uw8fi
    @jB-uw8fiАй бұрын

    Well that’s odd. They managed to sneak through gun control in the last bill and now the ,Edina stars going after knives already?

  • @betweentwomillennium5057
    @betweentwomillennium5057Ай бұрын

    Probably a military style knife with a picatinny rail and bump stock for faster stabbing.

  • @kandycepeterson2482

    @kandycepeterson2482

    Ай бұрын

    Those knives have a grip that holds 5 fingers! A stock and a sight and your ready for war! Too funny

  • @lynnhooley7608
    @lynnhooley7608Ай бұрын

    Tell him I said. Thanks for not using the gun.

  • @naptime0143
    @naptime0143Ай бұрын

    Even though this wasn't a shooting I call Rockford, "Glockford" for a reason

  • @jaxonboys3366

    @jaxonboys3366

    Ай бұрын

    Well they apparently were short on Glocks to stop him.

  • @mencho888

    @mencho888

    Ай бұрын

    @@jaxonboys3366lol

  • @utubesanjay
    @utubesanjayАй бұрын

    A man. Suspect. how about a name?

  • @user-fu2mi1nd5l

    @user-fu2mi1nd5l

    Ай бұрын

    Lucifer JR.

  • @michellejessup6618
    @michellejessup6618Ай бұрын

    Unlike everybody else who is putting their focus on the knife part I'm choosing to put my focus on the lives senselessly lost I send my sincerest condolences to their families and friends RIP X 4 🙏🏻💐🙏🏻💐🙏🏻💐🙏🏻💐

  • @vladimirtalijan

    @vladimirtalijan

    Ай бұрын

    Nobody is focusing on the knife part, people are mocking the government for doing everything but actually trying to solve the problem. Condolences won't help anyone, not supporting lying officials will.

  • @jasonwade9160
    @jasonwade9160Ай бұрын

    Never bring A knife to a gun fight...

  • @kittyblaine7917
    @kittyblaine7917Ай бұрын

    Were they in this country legally?

  • @craigford4641
    @craigford4641Ай бұрын

    I better finish eating my T-bone steak before the knife ban is proposed ! 😅😮.

  • @dianepearson5804

    @dianepearson5804

    Ай бұрын

    They want to ban steak, too. We can eat bugs with a spoon

  • @craigford4641

    @craigford4641

    Ай бұрын

    @@dianepearson5804 I prefer Ladybugs ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @groofoot
    @groofootАй бұрын

    This happened a little over a mile from my domicile .... glad I was at work

  • @kandycepeterson2482

    @kandycepeterson2482

    Ай бұрын

    Yikes!

  • @decemberreed4991
    @decemberreed4991Ай бұрын

    Makes me wonder if it was a migrant🫤❓

  • @jackjones9460
    @jackjones9460Ай бұрын

    How long was the alleged assailant in the area? I’m sure it was a mostly peaceful stabbing day. Nine stabbed but consider how many minutes NO STABBINGS took place!

  • @melodylucas257
    @melodylucas257Ай бұрын

    So, when do we ban knives?

  • @disgruntledcalifornian7396
    @disgruntledcalifornian7396Ай бұрын

    OMG, they need to ban these assault knives! Thoughts and prayers for the families.

  • @waynewisecarver
    @waynewisecarverАй бұрын

    I wish brain dead media 'personalities' would stop saying 'stabbing spree', 'shooting spree'. You go on a 'shopping spree'. It's a good thing.

  • @sengsavanghansana8374
    @sengsavanghansana8374Ай бұрын

    See what happens when we are governed to be helpless 😂 can't defend ourselves because of laws & restrictions!

  • @Davidson0617
    @Davidson0617Ай бұрын

    Ban assault knives!!!

  • @Phillip-fb2lk
    @Phillip-fb2lkАй бұрын

    It’s a shame this happened. Mandatory safe law to lock up your knifes.. nows the time to develop a knife safe!

  • @kandycepeterson2482

    @kandycepeterson2482

    Ай бұрын

    Shh! Someone will swipe your idea! What if Ron co reads this!?

  • @johnkellet9245
    @johnkellet9245Ай бұрын

    Every thing is headed backwards. Next year we eat with our hands. No knives allowed.

  • @kandycepeterson2482

    @kandycepeterson2482

    Ай бұрын

    !!😳 I am a two handed eater!!? Darn assault knives

  • @johnkellet9245

    @johnkellet9245

    Ай бұрын

    @@kandycepeterson2482 just ain't fittin

  • @sidali2590
    @sidali2590Ай бұрын

    No description of the evil monster suspect what the hell

  • @MP-kj5ur
    @MP-kj5urАй бұрын

    Tell me how the guns are the problem now 🤔

  • @monique8469
    @monique8469Ай бұрын

    Instead of banning knife arguments, why not a pro- access to mental health resources argument?

  • @luckystank_7772
    @luckystank_7772Ай бұрын

    Jeez ban auto knifes

  • @mikemiller551
    @mikemiller551Ай бұрын

    "Mass Stabbing"

  • @seanprice6345
    @seanprice6345Ай бұрын

    Ban knives!!

  • @rnupnorthbrrrsm6123
    @rnupnorthbrrrsm6123Ай бұрын

    Ban the knives, ban the knives !!!!

  • @glassjar7814
    @glassjar7814Ай бұрын

    Ban assault knives!

  • @JOHNBURNS67
    @JOHNBURNS67Ай бұрын

    Ban assault Knives !!!!

  • @godlylove3380
    @godlylove3380Ай бұрын

    It’s a double edged sword.

  • @user-go9bc3et2n
    @user-go9bc3et2nАй бұрын

    ban knives and forks, spoons?

  • @Corkyrooster
    @CorkyroosterАй бұрын

    Uh oh now we have to ban knives.

  • @frankies-1389
    @frankies-1389Ай бұрын

    I'm really thankful the suspect used a knife and not a gun.

  • @user-bu6io5qr2o
    @user-bu6io5qr2oАй бұрын

    What’s the face of evil look like? Where are the pics and why no show?

  • @asylumsys
    @asylumsysАй бұрын

    Well here we go there coming after our steak knives now

  • @Lily--------------20242
    @Lily--------------2024227 күн бұрын

    That was in my neighborhood and they were right across the street. I was so close. I was interviewed and everything.

  • @peterichardson2132
    @peterichardson2132Ай бұрын

    Must ban knives NOW. Right democrats?

  • @tadeuszkolak4937
    @tadeuszkolak4937Ай бұрын

    I live here. My brother used to play soccer with the suspect. Fucking wild times.

  • @Myunknownjourney
    @MyunknownjourneyАй бұрын

    Pritzker about to ban knives now

  • @girlee0303
    @girlee0303Ай бұрын

    People have lost their freaking minds

  • @destinyjoyner6493
    @destinyjoyner6493Ай бұрын

    Getting the spirit of God as a focus and his word can turn this nation upside down

  • @timothyfirth4809
    @timothyfirth4809Ай бұрын

    BAN ALL ASSAULT KNIVES

  • @beckyjohnson878
    @beckyjohnson878Ай бұрын

    Please check yourself before you comment. These victims have families who are grieving.

  • @AlexR_44
    @AlexR_44Ай бұрын

    Awful lot of immature hyperbolic kids in the comments, darn shame they aren't school learning about stuff instead of out here whining about gun bans. 🤦‍♂

  • @SWIM....
    @SWIM....28 күн бұрын

    We need to ban knives! Im petitioning the government to abolish all knives and cutlery, especially assault knives. Only those whom are over the age of 18, pass a background check and take a training course will be allowed to use a butter knife provided they are supervised. Ban knives now and save lives!

  • @timbartschwolfman
    @timbartschwolfman3 күн бұрын

    This happened a few miles from my house

  • @shaunsteele4968
    @shaunsteele4968Ай бұрын

    Somewhere. A tear falls down idris elbas cheek

  • @julijulibobooli
    @julijulibobooliАй бұрын

    Prayers for those victims and families of those who were injured or killed.

  • @JustTellingTheTruth556
    @JustTellingTheTruth55627 күн бұрын

    Stronger Background checks for assault knives.

  • @peterkurilecz2972
    @peterkurilecz2972Ай бұрын

    we need background checks before you can buy a knife

  • @colinfarrell7457
    @colinfarrell7457Ай бұрын

    They said man not white man...wonder who it is....

  • @drewsiffers
    @drewsiffersАй бұрын

    Assault style knives

  • @kandycepeterson2482

    @kandycepeterson2482

    Ай бұрын

    Killer cutlery

  • @tokewon1397
    @tokewon1397Ай бұрын

    Guess they should ban knifes now

  • @BeanerMoney
    @BeanerMoneyАй бұрын

    lol imagine living in Rockford

  • @Whooopsnobodybusinessactually
    @WhooopsnobodybusinessactuallyАй бұрын

    Well, what color was the suspect?

  • @StanMarshImportSHITondomestic
    @StanMarshImportSHITondomesticАй бұрын

    Figures there’d be a bunch of sm00thbrain CONservs here

  • @emmapeel8163

    @emmapeel8163

    Ай бұрын

    betcha the assailant wasn't

  • @StanMarshImportSHITondomestic

    @StanMarshImportSHITondomestic

    Ай бұрын

    @@emmapeel8163yea the CONS usually prefer to use guns and pick easier targets

  • @mikeoxbig0076

    @mikeoxbig0076

    Ай бұрын

    @@StanMarshImportSHITondomestic The chin strap on your helmet is loose….Don’t hurt yourself.

  • @EatAssandDriveFast

    @EatAssandDriveFast

    Ай бұрын

    ​​@@mikeoxbig0076He won't understand you, you have to communicate with him like this: DUUUUURRRRR

  • @meritorioustechnate9455

    @meritorioustechnate9455

    Ай бұрын

    Yea. We’ll never had a republic or democracy. Plutocracy has always existed in the west 🚬❤️