Bradford Gille is age 42 old man who identified by authorities as the alleged perpetrator of a mass stabbing attack at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, on July 26, 2025, in which 11 people were injured. Prosecutors have charged him with terrorism and multiple counts of assault with intent to murder. His full name is Bradford James Gille.
Early Life & Background
Gille is a Michigan resident, said to be local to Cheboygan or Afton, Michigan.
Reports suggest he experienced mental health issues over several years, including periods living in Michigan’s State Center for Forensic Psychiatry (often referred to as a forensic psychiatric inpatient facility), with records indicating stays as recently as September 2024.
Additional records show prior criminal arrests and controlled-substance violations, as well as past assaultive incidents.
Career or Public Presence
There is no verified employment or public career record associated with him in major published sources. Instead, his presence emerged primarily through an alleged personal social media account on X (@BradfordGille), active since late 2022.
On that account, the user claimed to be a “born again Christian,” making posts about spiritual transformation, conspiracies, mental health, Biblical themes, and global political conflicts. Some posts included reflections about Hitler, WWII dreams, and the Israel–Palestine tension.
It remains unclear whether the account definitively belongs to the same individual charged in the Walmart case, but references to his arrest and behavior have been widely circulating.
Personal Life & Mental Health
Media reports indicate Gille may have experienced ongoing psychiatric issues; he reportedly resided intermittently at the Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry due to legal-psychiatric circumstances.
His alleged X posts show erratic and paranoia‑tinged statements including beliefs about AI conspiracies, mind control, and prophetic religious visions.
Some posts express strong Christian faith and suggest he was attempting to “republish his autobiography to teach the Bible.”
The Incident & Legal Developments
On July 26, 2025, Gille allegedly entered a Traverse City Walmart armed with a folding knife and stabbed 11 people, ranging in age from 29 to 84, including one employee.
He was detained within minutes by bystanders and law enforcement arrived promptly. Authorities consider the attack random and have instituted terrorism charges on the basis of fear‑inducing intent toward the broader community.
Moeggenberg said, “It’s something that is done not to individual people, not to those individual victims — obviously they are most affected — but it is we believe in some and some ways done to affect the entire community, to put fear in the entire community and to change how maybe we operate on a daily basis,” “So that is why we are looking at that terrorism charge.”
Injured people condition
In this accident 11 people injured including six were male and five were female. Injured people transported to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City.
In July 27 2025, two victims remained in serious condition, eight remained in fair condition, and one has been released. All victims are expected to survive.
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