3 stabbed, 16 injured during fireworks at Chicago's Navy Pier

[TexasTowelie]

July 5 (UPI) -- Three people were stabbed and at least 16 others were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries following Fourth of July fireworks at Chicago's Navy Pier, police said.

The stabbing occurred Thursday following an "altercation" while the more than a dozen people hospitalized were injured in a stampede to the pier's exit, Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement.

Chicago Police spokesman Rocco Alito told NBC Chicago that the stampede occurred as people were exiting the venue when someone yelled there was a shooting.

But there was no shooting, he said, adding that reports a person was shot are not accurate.

Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/07/05/3-stabbed-16-injured-during-fireworks-at-Chicagos-Navy-Pier/4451562313020/

[mitch96]

1. Imagine if he had an AR-15?

It's sad he stabbed 3 and injured a bunch and I can't help thinking what carnage he would have wrought if he had a semi auto rifle.. If a whack job is gonna do something stupid keep it on the low side of lethal..
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[frazzled]

2. The stabber didn't injure the people

The injuries occurred when a false rumor started (possibly induced by someone setting off a firecracker) as people were leaving. There was panic and a stampede, and that is how the injuries occurred.

It’s two separate stories.

[mitch96]

3. "The stabber didn't injure the people"

I stand corrected in light of new information. It still does not negate the fact that an AR-15 would have done more damage than a knife if it did happen.. yes?
As the military likes to say, it's a "force multiplier"
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[frazzled]

4. For sure /nt