Woman Killed in Mass Stabbing, Brother Identified as Suspect in 'Senseless Act of Violence' By Christine Pelisek and Bethany Brown

An 18-year-old woman was killed and the suspect, identified by police as her brother, is dead after multiple people were stabbed on a First Nation reserve in Manitoba on Thursday, Sept. 4.

The early morning attacks occurred in the Hollow Water First Nation community, located about 120 miles northeast of Winnipeg, CBC News reported. 

According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), per the outlet, seven other people between the ages of 18 and 60 years old were hurt and taken to the hospital.

An officer responding to the attacks was also seriously injured after she was in a car crash with the suspect, who had reportedly fled the scene in a stolen car.

The suspect, identified by police as 26-year-old Tyrone Simard from Hollow Water, died in the crash, Toronto Star reported.

Officials confirmed the woman who was killed was Simard’s sister.

They said the officer involved in the crash was taken to the hospital with critical injuries but is expected to recover.

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The RCMP described the mass stabbing as a “senseless act of violence,” ABC News reported.

“Our officers are gathering information to determine what exactly occurred this morning,” RCMP said, adding that they will continue to provide detailed updates, per CTV News.

Michael Raven was identified as one of those injured in the stabbings, said his son Jordan Hamilton and daughter Christy Williams. The pair told CBC News that their father was sleeping at his home when the attacker broke in and stabbed him multiple times.

He was also hit in the head with a bottle, but is “conscious, awake and talking,” Williams said, per the outlet.

“The community is all shaken up from it. It is not something that happens in Hollow Water,” Williams said, per CBC. “This is scary for everybody … This incident doesn’t sum up Hollow Water.”

Hollow Water First Nation, also known as Waanibiigaaw or Wanipigow in Ojibwe, is a “proud” Anishinaabe community located on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg, according to its website.