Authorities in northern Michigan will seek terrorism and assault with intent to murder charges against a man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Walmart on Saturday.

"I'm still sitting and grappling with the weight of realizing that it was kind of a life-or-death moment," said Julia Martell, who witnessed the stabbing, which wounded 11 people.

Michigan Traverse City stabbing suspect Bradford James Gille is reportedly the author of a self-published book titled The Book of I Jesus Christ.

Police have identified the suspect in Saturday's stabbing of 11 people at a Walmart in Michigan as 42-year-old Bradford James Gille. He is in custody in Grand Traverse County Jail and faces 11 counts of assault with intent to murder and one terrorism charge,

A 42-year-old man identified as Bradford James Gille, from Afton, Michigan, has been arrested in connection with the July 26, 2025 mass stabbing at a Walmart in Traverse City, Mich