2 hospitalized after stabbing at Burger King in Pittsfield Township

Posted on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 12:30 p.m.

2 hospitalized after stabbing at Burger King in Pittsfield Township

By Kyle Feldscher

Employees of a towing company load a motorcycle onto a truck in preparation for removing it from the parking lot after a stabbing at a Pittsfield Township Burger King Monday. A silver Impala was also towed away.

Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com

Editor's note: This article has been updated with information from police and observations from the scene of the stabbing. Also, information in the photo caption about a car that was towed away has been corrected.

Two men were hospitalized Monday morning, one in critical condition, after a stabbing at the Burger King near the corner of Michigan Avenue and Platt Road in Pittsfield Township.

Investigators work to gather evidence at the scene of a stabbing at a Burger King restaurant in Pittsfield Township Monday.

Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com

Pittsfield Township police said the two men got into a disagreement at the restaurant, 6190 W. Michigan Ave. The suspect, a 32 year old man from Saline produced a knife and stabbed the victim several times shortly after 11:30 a.m. Monday, Pittsfield Township Police said in a press release.

During the fight, the victim, a 46-year-old Brooklyn man, wrested the knife from the suspect and stabbed him several times, police said. Both men suffered multiple stab wounds, police said. The victim was in surgery Monday afternoon, police said.

Joyce Williams, Huron Valley Ambulance spokeswoman, said paramedics took one of the men to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township in critical condition after the stabbing. A second person was also taken to the hospital in stable condition, she said.

Crime scene tape had been placed across the entrances to the closed restaurant Monday afternoon. Numbered evidence cards led from the restaurant's east entrance through the parking lot and into the nearby woods.

A motorcycle and a silver Impala car were taken away from the parking lot. Deputies were at the business investigating and taking photos outside and inside.

A few motorists, apparently hoping to get food at the restaurant, approached the business, then turned around and drove away.

Anyone with information on the incident is encouraged to call the Pittsfield Township police at 734-944-4911.

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Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.

Comments

OLDTIMER3

Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : 11:57 a.m.

It doesn't say the car in the picture is the car that got towed!! It just says a silver colored Impala was also towed.

Ariel

Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : 12:25 p.m.

The article has been updated. It used to say "the car in the background was towed."

sagasha

Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : 3:14 a.m.

I know the victim personally and I'll let you all know something more about his condition when I find out more myself. I know from people he has talked to that he did take the knife from the attacker and got in a few licks of his own but he is the one that took the brunt of the damage and was rushed away in critical condition. He's definitely a fighter, having been a boxer in his teens and early twenties, but this is a whole other game. Apparently, there was an argument inside and they decided to "take it outside." The attacker then went into his car, grabbed the knife and began waving it around as a warning. When my buddy didn't back down the guy attacked. I have no word on his present condition but he is as strong as an ox and is expected to recover. His family has requested a few days of privacy before anyone can visit. I can tell you this, the victim would have never started a fight. End of discussion. I've known him for almost 30 years and he doesn't start fights... he ends them.

Ricebrnr

Wed, Jul 18, 2012 : 6:13 p.m.

"I've known him for almost 30 years and he doesn't start fights... he ends them." Too bad he doesn't just walk away from them instead. (where possible)

JustanotherAnnArborgirl

Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : 12:39 a.m.

I don't understand why the police didn't arrive faster- the man was attacked inside of Burger King and tried to leave, he was then followed outside and attacked again. I don't understand this senseless violence!

Scott Hankins

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 9:52 p.m.

The perp is lucky the victim is not licensed to CCW. Because he would have lost for sure!!

Ricebrnr

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 11:31 p.m.

not necessarily. At those distances and already behind the curve... getting space and time to be able to draw and bring your weapon to bear is in no way assured.

Billy

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 8:23 p.m.

I'm going to guess that the guy who TOOK the knife away and stabbed the aggressor is the one who was take to the hospital in STABLE condition. Remember kids....if you stab someone....have some conviction behind they now have the mindset that you are trying to kill them....which means they will most likely try to kill YOU if they take that knife from you.

sagasha

Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : 3:16 a.m.

Wrong. The attacker was taken away in stable condition and the victim was critically wounded. I tell you this because I know the victim personally.

1201SouthMain

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 8:07 p.m.

There won't be any witnesses because there's never anybody at that BK.

jns131

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 8:37 p.m.

I agree. That is the quietest BK ever.

Ricebrnr

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 8:35 p.m.

as I recall this BK was robbed last year. If my memory is correct there's at least other criminals that frequent there.

Ricebrnr

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 7:31 p.m.

Having trained a little in knife disarms before let me just say...WOW Behind the curve, already stabbed multiple times and still able to disarm and turn the tables on the attacker. Perp or victim, that's a great example of fight back and never give up. Waiting for the details of the altercation...

JustanotherAnnArborgirl

Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : 12:21 p.m.

The way I understand it is, we don't know the real who's who yet. There was an attack in Burger King and property was taken- it was carried outside where the real victim (a small man maybe 140-150 pounds) brandished a knife in attempts to get his property back and to stop being assaulted. He stabbed the attacker and the attacker (a much larger man who got the worst of the stabbings) took the knife and stabbed him as well. Still senseless violence where two people end up in the hospital because one person woke up that morning in the mood to bully someone and another grabbed a knife instead of waiting for police. I hope they both recover.

Tru2Blu76

Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : 5:21 a.m.

True: that's impressive defensive fighting (if we understand who was who in this fight). But for those less able, isn't it a matter of proving the wisdom of never taking a knife to a gun fight? Personally, unless I was in the Special Forces, I'd avoid physical combat and just rely on the old dictum which says: Stop 'em before they can get to you.

sagasha

Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : 3:19 a.m.

Very true. The victim was a skilled boxer in his youth and is still in great shape at 46. He's a tough SOB if you mess with him and that's how he got the knife from his attacker. I'll post more details when I talk to him tomorrow.

Bcar

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 7:31 p.m.

get in a knife fight, be ready to get cut...wow... wonder what they were arguing about...

jns131

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 8:37 p.m.

Have you seen their prices? I'll leave it at that.

xmo

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 7:14 p.m.

I never thought that fast food was bad for your health but now there is proof!

jns131

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 8:36 p.m.

Thats why I always say, got mace? I am still awed by the fact that this quiet BK got some action. Wow.

Ricebrnr

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 7:27 p.m.

I think a quick internet search will quickly show that getting into arguments with strangers at fast food joints is very often bad for your health. And often not great for the health of bystanders either. Another good reason to be prepared to defend you and yours.

dading dont delete me bro

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:27 p.m.

wrested... i take that post back: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wrest

dading dont delete me bro

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:24 p.m.

"wrested the knife from the suspect and stabbed him" wrested?

Ricebrnr

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 7:24 p.m.

LOL, understood

dading dont delete me bro

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:34 p.m.

ricebrnr, annarbor's disguise of actually proofreading is starting to fool some of us, myself included.

Ricebrnr

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:27 p.m.

wrestedpast participle, past tense of wrest (Verb) Verb: 1) Forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp. 2) Take (something, esp. power or control) from someone or something else after considerable effort or difficulty. What's the problem?

sheeple

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:21 p.m.

"The silver Impala visible in the background was also towed away." Eh? Is that not a Ford oval emblem above the license plate? I thought the Impala was a Chevolet model.

Cindy Heflin

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 7:15 p.m.

The information about the car has been corrected in the photo caption.

Edward Anchak

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:43 p.m.

Ment Fusion, not Focus.

Edward Anchak

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:42 p.m.

To all naysayers, do a Google image search for "2011 Ford Fusion", that is clearly a focus and not an impala, if you have doubts, Google image search Chevy Impala, there isn't an Impala yet that has ford taillights. This is most definitely a ford fusion, and that IS a blue oval.

bobslowson

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:40 p.m.

That's a fusion...have the same color/car

Tag

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:38 p.m.

That's a Ford Fusion.

sandalwood

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:33 p.m.

A couple of you might want to put your glass's, that's not a blue oval!

dading dont delete me bro

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:20 p.m.

"The silver Impala visible in the background was also towed away." you mean ford fusion? there is a blue oval over the license plate. (same detail in the body of the story)

a2citizen

Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : midnight

Bob, the restaurant was not serving grits.

Cindy Heflin

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 7:16 p.m.

The information about the car has been corrected in the photo caption.

Tag

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 7:10 p.m.

And Basic Bob wins the internet.

Basic Bob

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:52 p.m.

It could be mistaken for a mint green 1963 Pontiac Tempest... with Positraction.

Edward Anchak

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 5:55 p.m.

This happened 1.5 miles from my work, I went there for lunch but turned away after seeing police tape and about 12-15 emergency vehicles. I hope that catch the suspect, it is very unnerving that this happened so close to my work. I hope that the injured recover well, this is a horrible thing to happen to the patrons and employees of this restaurant, who have always seemed friendly.

Jay Thomas

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 5:37 p.m.

Can't even go to BK for a whopper anymore. :(

ranger007

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 5:33 p.m.

Must not have "got it their way"

jns131

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 8:34 p.m.

I was thinking the same thing.

Basic Bob

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 5:14 p.m.

BK is right across the street from the cop shop.

Mike

Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:16 p.m.

Still need more police...........