TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Traverse City’s Walmart stabbing case isn’t fading quietly into the background. The Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office released new surveillance video, which was obtained by 13 ON YOUR SIDE, and it’s as chaotic as you’d imagine: customers screaming, panicked shoppers scattering, and Bradford James Gille – now facing a wall of charges – slicing through the store with a knife.

The scene played out on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at approximately 4:43 p.m. EDT, when Gille, a 42-year-old Michigan resident from Afton, entered a Walmart in Garfield Township in Traverse City and allegedly began stabbing random individuals with a folding-style knife. 11 people, 10 customers and one employee, were injured. The victims were men and women ranging in age from approximately 29 to 84. All were taken to and treated at Munson Medical Center.

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As of August 8, Munson President & CEO Joseph R. Hurshe, said that nine patients had been treated and released and two had been treated and transferred.

The video.

Released surveillance footage confirms witness accounts: Gille didn’t have targets – just victims of opportunity. Shoppers became shields, exits became choke points, and one armed citizen, who was later identified as Marine veteran Derrick Perry, helped hold Gille down until police arrived with the help of other heroes in the parking lot.

Prosecutor’s statement outlines brutal attacks.

Michigan News Source received a list of the victims and their injuries from a Freedom of Information request and the probable cause statement from the prosecuting attorney lays out how brutal the attacks were.

  • Tiffany McPherson: (stabbed under her arm, kidney injured) – Tiffany’s father, Paul McPherson, got a call from his daughter on that day and she told him, “I just got stabbed.” Paul could hear his grandchildren crying in the background. He voiced a deep sense of outrage in an interview with the Detroit Free Press. “This was 100 % preventable,” he told them. In raw, emotional terms, he admitted, “I’m pissed as hell.”
  • Matthew Byers: (stomach wound) – Byers was at Walmart to pick up a prescription according to an UpNorthLive report. While stepping in to help, he was stabbed. He spent almost two weeks at the hospital recovering from his injuries. Byers works at Great Wolf Lodge and even dons a Santa outfit at Christmastime. Byers is a Navy veteran and served in operations Desert Shield and Shield Storm. On Sunday, August 17, there was a spaghetti dinner fundraiser held for him at the Cherryland VFW Hall where the community rallied behind the veteran to help pay for expenses related to the stabbing. There is also a GoFundMe site set up for Byers.
  • Jane Weldon: (stabbed in the back as she was leaving the store) – Weldon gave an interview with WOOD TV8 where she described that she went to Walmart to take back an expired product. While at customer service getting her refund, she said, “I turned around and I heard two blood-curdling screams and then I could just feel the chaos – everyone was screaming.” As she just got out of the second door, the suspect stabbed her in the back and she said she went down “flat as a flounder.” Even after her harrowing ordeal and in her recovery, she said she hopes that the suspect gets the help that he needs; however, she hopes that he is kept “off the streets.”
  • Karlene Currie: stabbed in the torso, liver laceration, slashed in left eye.
  • Corey Russell (Walmart employee): stab wounds to his arm and armpit, artery and nerve damage.
  • Cynthia “Cindi” John: stabbed in the side, lung injury.
  • Barbara Mattson: stabbed from ear to chin.
  • Robert Rooksberry: stabbed in the chest, lung and liver damage.
  • John Park: stabbed in arm and left chest, punctured lung.
  • Adam Boudot: artery severed in his arm.
  • Bruce McGregor: right arm and torso slashes so deep his intestines were exposed.

First on the scene.

The probable cause statement also names Deputy John Leach as the first officer on the scene. Just three minutes passed between the initial 911 call and his arrival – thanks to the fact he was already nearby. When he got there, several customers had the suspect pinned down, one of them armed with a pistol. Notably, Leach had been recognized months earlier with a Lifesaving award in February, honored for preventing a man’s suicide.

The bigger picture (and the ugly truth).

The stabbing has reignited debate over Michigan’s strained mental health system. Gille’s family had flagged concerns for years, yet he was still free to walk into a Walmart with a knife.

As the community continues to rally behind the survivors, the reality is clear: recovery won’t be measured in days or weeks but in months, and for some, years. Their stories – and the scars that remain – underscore that this was never just another line in a crime report. It was deeply personal in the close-knit Northern Michigan resort town.

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Gille is currently charged with 11 counts of assault with intent to murder and one count of terrorism. After his late July arraignment – where a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf – his bond jumped from $100,000 to $1 million. He has since been referred for a competency evaluation, and all future hearings have been pulled from the court’s schedule pending the results.