We finally got more details about the St. Cloud Mall shooting and stabbing:
BREAKING: St. Cloud mall stabbing attack suspect referenced Allah during attack, asked at least 1 victim if they were Muslim before assault
— Steve Tellier KSTP (@stellierkstp) September 18, 2016
St. Cloud mall stabbing attack suspect was wearing a private security firm uniform. Had prior contact with police thru traffic stops only.
— Steve Tellier KSTP (@stellierkstp) September 18, 2016
It was off-duty police officer who fired shots that killed St. Cloud mall stabbing attack suspect inside mall & ended attack.
— Steve Tellier KSTP (@stellierkstp) September 18, 2016
Police not releasing any identifying information of St. Cloud mall stabbing attack suspect — won't say age, whether he lived in city, etc.
— Steve Tellier KSTP (@stellierkstp) September 18, 2016
St. Cloud police chief will NOT call mall stabbing attack an act of terrorism at this time, says department will do "due diligence" on case.
— Steve Tellier KSTP (@stellierkstp) September 18, 2016
The bit of good news: Sounds like all 8 victims are expected to survive their injuries. No one was killed during mall stabbing attack.
— Steve Tellier KSTP (@stellierkstp) September 18, 2016
Release from police on #crossroadsmall incident tonight #WCCO pic.twitter.com/4w5rRgT7o0
— Liz Collin (@lizcollin) September 18, 2016
UPDATE:
8 injured in stabbing attack at Minnesota mall: https://t.co/toZZKiA0Eu pic.twitter.com/e3TgLMKMRD
— ABC News (@ABC) September 18, 2016
A knife-wielding suspect who was dressed in a private security uniform and made references to Allah while attacking at least eight people during a mass stabbing incident at a Minnesota shopping mall was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said.
St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said during a news conference that eight people were taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the attack first reported about 8:15 p.m. Saturday at the Crossroads Center. One person was admitted. No further details were released.
Anderson said an off-duty police officer from another jurisdiction shot and killed the unidentified suspect, who was armed with a knife and wearing a private security firm uniform at the time of the attack. Anderson did not say where the off-duty officer serves.
Anderson also said the suspect made at least one reference to Allah during the attack and asked at least one person whether they were Muslim.
We documented the development of the St. Cloud shooting/stabbing here.