Amtrak Stabbing - A 44 year-old man was charged with stabbing four people, who included the conductor of the Amtrak train where the event took place.
The horrid incident happened on Friday night and the police identified the suspect as Michael Williams, a 44 year-old man. A possible motive wasn't disclosed, ABC News noted.
The four people were stabbed on the Amtrak train, while they were passing through the town of Niles, which is about 10 miles north of South Bend. The train was number 364 of the Blue Water Line.
It runs between Chicago and Port Huron, Michigan. There were about 172 passengers at the time, and they had to be changed to another train after the incident took place, according to Yahoo News.
"Crazy world we live in. Some man just stabbed 4 people one car away from me on the train," Chris Maynard, a passenger, posted on Twitter as it all unfolded.
A dispatcher received a call around 7 pm on Friday about a suspicious person on the train and as the police arrived, the attacker was already stabbing some of the passengers, and the conductor as well.
The four victims included three males and a female.
"You see police getting a lot of 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... within seconds of this happening," said passenger Tyler Vandermolen.
According to the Chicago Tribune, on Sat. a judge set a $1 million cash bail for Williams after the Amtrak stabbing. He appeared before a judge during the morning and he set the bail, a Berrien County Jail spokeswoman reported.
Williams was also charged with four counts of assaults with intent of murder. He is slated for video arraignment on Monday and meanwhile, remains at the St. Joseph jail in Michigan.
