{"id":35789,"date":"2025-07-30T14:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/30\/two-marine-veterans-help-stop-stabbing-spree-at-michigan-walmart\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:13:47","slug":"two-marine-veterans-help-stop-stabbing-spree-at-michigan-walmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2025\/07\/30\/two-marine-veterans-help-stop-stabbing-spree-at-michigan-walmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Marine veterans help stop stabbing spree at Michigan Walmart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Marine veterans played a key role in stopping a man who allegedly stabbed multiple victims in a Michigan Walmart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew Kolakwoski had just left a checkout lane when he heard a worker scream that a man had a knife. He then heard a \u201cmass of blood-curling screams from the back of the store,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2025\/07\/29\/blood-curdling-screams-marine-veteran-helps-stop-walmart-mass-stabbing-shopping-cart.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2025\/07\/29\/blood-curdling-screams-marine-veteran-helps-stop-walmart-mass-stabbing-shopping-cart.html\">mlive.com<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kolakowski saw the man stab another shopper and then stab an elderly woman. He told his daughter and her friend to stay where they were while he and his brother-in-law went toward the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man, identified as Bradford James Gille, 42, looked like he was going for the elderly woman again, Kolakowski said. He rammed Gille with his shopping cart. Gille tried to get up, but another man hit him with his shopping cart from the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20250729-AMX-US-NEWS-BLOODCURDLING-SCREAMS-MARINE-VETERAN-HELPS-1-MLI.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20250729-AMX-US-NEWS-BLOODCURDLING-SCREAMS-MARINE-VETERAN-HELPS-1-MLI.jpg.jpg 621w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20250729-AMX-US-NEWS-BLOODCURDLING-SCREAMS-MARINE-VETERAN-HELPS-1-MLI.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marine veteran Matt Kolakowski (right) and his brother-in-law, Chris O\u2019Brien, detail what they saw and how they responded after 11 people were stabbed. (Joel Bissell\/mlive.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kolakowski began to raise the cart to smash it on top of Gille when another Marine veteran, Derrick Perry, arrived and drew his personal pistol, holding Gille at gunpoint in the parking lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On video Perry can be heard along with others repeatedly telling Gille to put down the knife. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI ultimately wanted him to put the knife down and back away until law enforcement got there,\u201d Perry told <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/walmart-stabbing-armed-bystander-interview-derrick-perry\/story?id=124150799\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/walmart-stabbing-armed-bystander-interview-derrick-perry\/story?id=124150799\">ABC\u2019s Good Morning America<\/a>. \u201cI did not see myself as any type of judge, jury or executioner &#8212; I just wanted everyone to be safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just wanted to do right by my community and help where there was a problem,\u201d Perry said in a statement shared by the Sheriff\u2019s Office. \u201cI am just like any other member of the community. I wasn\u2019t looking to be heroic. I just wanted to help my neighbors. I can\u2019t take all the credit as there were other courageous individuals who were also standing up to the attacker too. I appreciate the outpouring of thanks and love from the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"698\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Derrick-Perry.png.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Derrick-Perry.png.png 561w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Derrick-Perry.png.png?resize=241,300 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Derrick Perry is a Marine veteran credited with helping stop a man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Traverse City, Michigan Walmart. (Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kolakowski, 39, and his brother-in-law Chris O\u2019Brien, 43, spoke at a press conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBoth individuals were instrumental in the detaining of the individual until law enforcement could arrive,\u201d Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea told <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/marine-veterans-michigan-attack\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/marine-veterans-michigan-attack\/\">Task &amp; Purpose<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said that 11 people suffered injuries in the Saturday attack at the Traverse City Walmart. The victims ranged in age from 29 to 84 years old. All are expected to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gille was charged with 11 counts of attempted murder and a single terrorism charge. He\u2019s being held on a $100,000 bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kolakowski enlisted in the Marines in September 2004 and became a landing support specialist, according to his official service record, <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/marine-veterans-michigan-attack\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/marine-veterans-michigan-attack\/\">Task and Purpose<\/a> reported. He deployed to Iraq from August 2006 to March 2007, and he left the Marine Corps as a corporal in September 2008. 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