17-Year-Old Killed, 4 Injured in Stabbings on Wisconsin River

17-Year-Old Killed, 4 Injured in Stabbings on Wisconsin River
Water Recovery authorities comb the Apple River with metal detectors after five people were stabbed while tubing down the river in Somerset, Wis., on July 30, 2022. Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP
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SOMERSET, Wis.—A Minnesota teenager died and four other people were seriously hurt after being stabbed while tubing down a Wisconsin river, authorities said.

St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson the victims and suspect, a 52-year-old Prior Lake, Minnesota man, were all on the Apple River when the attack happened Saturday afternoon. Knudson said investigators were working to determine what led to the stabbings and whether the victims and suspect knew each other. They were tubing with two different groups that included about 20 people.