Incident Aboard Blue Water 364 (5)

Whoa. Scary stuff. An Amtrak train is one of the last places you'd expect anyone to be stabbed or shot.

Reminds me of an incident I read awhile back about a shooting onboard the "Merchants Limited" on the Shore Line in 1980.

The Niles police chief tells WSBT 22 News four people were stabbed on the train. We're told one victim, described as an "older man," is in serious condition. Another victim is the conductor of the train, police say.

http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/breaking ... s/30085188" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Amtrak spokesperson: "Train 364 is the Blue Water service that travels daily between Chicago and Port Huron. The train was heading to Port Huron at time of incident. Amtrak is working to arrange alternate transportation for 172 passengers."

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234311/posts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

motor

I think it's time to arm conductors with taser guns.

NH2060 wrote:Whoa. Scary stuff. An Amtrak train is one of the last places you'd expect anyone to be stabbed or shot.

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It is at least the second stabbing this month on an Amtrak train.


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NH2060 wrote:Whoa. Scary stuff. An Amtrak train is one of the last places you'd expect anyone to be stabbed or shot.

Reminds me of an incident I read awhile back about a shooting onboard the "Merchants Limited" on the Shore Line in 1980.

NH2060, hopefully you subscribe to TRAINS like me because on today's TRAINS news wire, "Ron Salters from Massachuetts" talks about a gun incident at New London on a Saturday night in May 1980 (without saying the name of the train).

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/20 ... passengers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

motor

motor wrote:

NH2060 wrote:Whoa. Scary stuff. An Amtrak train is one of the last places you'd expect anyone to be stabbed or shot.

Reminds me of an incident I read awhile back about a shooting onboard the "Merchants Limited" on the Shore Line in 1980.

NH2060, hopefully you subscribe to TRAINS like me because on today's TRAINS news wire, "Ron Salters from Massachuetts" talks about a gun incident at New London on a Saturday night in May 1980 (without saying the name of the train).

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/20 ... passengers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

motor

No I actually don't have a subscription. I found some scanned articles on Google about the incident like this one here: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... 806,855292" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Another search unearthed an article mentioning that one of the passengers shot later died from her injuries. Her 2 1/2 year old daughter was traveling with her
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To stay on topic here's an update on the story (Fair use quote below):

Williams' grandmother Ethel Williams, 89, said he had served in the Army for about 10 years and at one point had been in a Veterans Affairs hospital in Saginaw before being released with medication. The Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center is in Saginaw.

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motor wrote:

NH2060 wrote:Whoa. Scary stuff. An Amtrak train is one of the last places you'd expect anyone to be stabbed or shot.

Reminds me of an incident I read awhile back about a shooting onboard the "Merchants Limited" on the Shore Line in 1980.

NH2060, hopefully you subscribe to TRAINS like me because on today's TRAINS news wire, "Ron Salters from Massachuetts" talks about a gun incident at New London on a Saturday night in May 1980 (without saying the name of the train).

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/20 ... passengers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

motor

I linked this thread on TRAINS' comments under its news wire's article about the Niles stabbings. Mr. Salters tried to access this thread and got a "Dude, you're lost" message from rr.net (or so he reported). He also reported that he was indeed boarding the Merchants.

motor