MN - Morgan Evenson, 27, survives brutal knife attack, Minneapolis, 13 Dec 2017

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Man who stabbed woman repeatedly in Uptown street attack remains a fugitive

Morgan Evenson said Thursday that she was walking home about 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 13 in the 3100 block of Fremont Avenue S., where a man she had never seen before got out of a car, chased and tackled her to the ground before stabbing her in the face, arm, neck and back.

Police Sgt. Darcy Horn said Thursday that they are still looking for the man, described as being of Somali ethnicity, in his early 20s, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, with a slender build and short hair with a slight Afro style on top. At the time of the attack he was wearing an Army green colored jacket and gray stone washed jeans.

http://www.startribune.com/man-who-...n-street-attack-remains-a-fugitive/468061693/

Woman Stabbed 14 Times Speaks About Ordeal

http://kstp.com/news/woman-stabbed-14-times-speaks-about-ordeal/4714419/

‘Pure Terror’: Woman Shares Harrowing Story Of Stabbing

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/19/uptown-stabbing-victim/

The identifying clothing and characteristics of the assailant, including his race and ethnicity, have been withheld from the public for 23 days, along with sparse coverage of this random attack-- despite the fact that the assailant is STILL at large. Some believe this media blackout/ suppression has been intentional. The clothing description of the assailant was not even released to the public until today. Why is this? The assailant is STILL at large. Do the police and media not want to apprehend him??

Apparently the assailant jumped out of a car that pulled alongside Evenson as she walked home from her job at an Apple store. She was viciously attacked and stabbed in the face, arm, neck and back, including lacerations to her kidney. She is extremely lucky to have survived the attack.

Why has the coverage of this vicious attack been suppressed, while the violent assailant remains at large? Political correctness run amok? That's my guess.
 
No American man has ever stabbed anyone, have they? No, never been heard of before. Do you have an agenda here? Only Somali men attack women?
 
I think there is an agenda to suppress the description of the attacker, a deliberate agenda.

It is pretty weak to ask for the public's help in identifying and apprehending a violent attacker when NO information about the attacker is released for 23 days, except that he is male.

One has to wonder if he was caucasian, asian, hispanic, or native american-- would a description have been released, and the public asked for help sooner? Or if he was a "different" african american assailant?

Or is it because his crime is very reminiscent of the Dahir Adan St Cloud Mall stabbings?

Or because this was a Somali man randomly trying to kill a redheaded young white woman?

This assailant clearly was trying to KILL this woman. He is still at large. The story of this highly violent and random stabbing on a sidewalk has been, IMO, very intentionally downplayed.

And I also think that the Justine Damond killing of a white woman who called 911 for a suspected rape in progress, then was shot from a squad car by a Somali-American fast tracked LEO, is part of why this has been suppressed.

The optics and the politics are bad for the Somali community, and for the police and authorities.

Doubtful that they will catch this violent perp now-- certainly the public will be of no help in apprehending him, which is what was intended by suppressing this story, IMO. I think authorities are probably relieved he hasn't been "found". And since Morgan is alive, well, they don't *really* need to find him, right? That would just potentially create a lot more problems, right? Better to just let him go, and "hope" he doesn't do it again, right? Poor thing. He must have been under some stress or something. Maybe he was a customer in her store, and he didn't like something about her, or the way she did job, and that "made" him attack her, right?

Was this a "regular attempted murder", or was it was a "lone wolf terrorist attack"? Either way, it's very bad, and authorities and the media seem to want it to *disappear* very quickly.
 
ANY person, male, female, of ANY race who randomly stabs a woman 14 times on a sidewalk walking home from work should be HEADLINE NEWS until the perp is apprehended. A dangerous, violent, stabbing assailant who remains AT LARGE SHOULD BE headline news, with descriptions, and any security video of the car or assailant, should be released. The police chief should have been doing press conferences. The public should have been warned about the attack in that area, be on the lookout, extra patrols, walk with a buddy, be extra alert, etc.

My point is that if this had been any OTHER assailant, it WOULD have been headline news. This entire story, IMO, has been suppressed, quite intentionally, because of the race and ethnicity of the violent assailant.
 
No,you have an agenda. I am sure that women are attacked every day in that area but it would not be headline news if a white man was the suspect.
I don't post often but I read WS daily and I couldn't help but notice that, with all due respect, you are frequently confrontational to other posters like this and I don't understand why. I have read threads here for years and I have rarely seen sleuthers discriminate against anyone (victim or suspect) due to race, religion, sex, political affiliation, etc.
I am wondering if there is a possible miscommunication somewhere simply because I see your responses to certain posts and find myself rereading the original post because I think I might have missed something.
Please know that I mean no disrespect whatsoever by this post. I have had negative experiences with forums plenty of times and I can see how that might make someone defensive. I just wanted you to know that I have experienced and witnessed the "Websleuths Difference." The members here are truly unbiased and non-judgmental. While there are sometimes uncomfortable discussions regarding certain victim lifestyles, etc. I believe wholeheartedly that these topics only arise when they are pertinent to getting to the truth and/or locating a missing person.
I hope this didn't come across as rude or disrespectful because my intent is to share my experience with this site and let you know that the majority of posters here are truly trying to help and have no hidden agendas.
IMO
 
No American man has ever stabbed anyone, have they? No, never been heard of before. Do you have an agenda here? Only Somali men attack women?

We have people cutting 2 adults and 2 children's throats, but you are not concerned about that, but you are really concerned about an attempted murder, because he was an immigrant.

Oh, all Somali men are trying to kill American women? No American men do that, do they?

No,you have an agenda. I am sure that women are attacked every day in that area but it would not be headline news if a white man was the suspect.

I think you are missing the point.

First of all, no one has said that only Somali's attack women here. The point being made is that if an American caucasian man was the perp, his description would have hit the airwaves immediately.

This mans description was withheld for 23 days. And that is most likely a political motive behind that decision to with hold essential identifying information form the public. There is no excuse for that.

And why would you think that women would be attacked 'every day' in that area? Do you seriously think that 'every day', a woman walking on the sidewalk is knifed by a stranger, unprovoked, and stabbed 14 times on the side of the road? I know you have a bad impression of the US.

But hopefully you do not believe that every day, on Uptown St. in Minneapolis, someone jumps out of a car and stabs the first woman they see, in the face and back, for no apparent reason.


I don't understand why you say it would 'not be headline news if a white man was the attacker.' That makes no sense. The headline news portion is the fact that a woman was almost killed in a brutal way, in a totally unprovoked attack on a busy street.
 
I don't post often but I read WS daily and I couldn't help but notice that, with all due respect, you are frequently confrontational to other posters like this and I don't understand why. I have read threads here for years and I have rarely seen sleuthers discriminate against anyone (victim or suspect) due to race, religion, sex, political affiliation, etc.
I am wondering if there is a possible miscommunication somewhere simply because I see your responses to certain posts and find myself rereading the original post because I think I might have missed something.
Please know that I mean no disrespect whatsoever by this post. I have had negative experiences with forums plenty of times and I can see how that might make someone defensive. I just wanted you to know that I have experienced and witnessed the "Websleuths Difference." The members here are truly unbiased and non-judgmental. While there are sometimes uncomfortable discussions regarding certain victim lifestyles, etc. I believe wholeheartedly that these topics only arise when they are pertinent to getting to the truth and/or locating a missing person.
I hope this didn't come across as rude or disrespectful because my intent is to share my experience with this site and let you know that the majority of posters here are truly trying to help and have no hidden agendas.
IMO
Thank you for this ❤️ Well stated!
 
As a former Minnesotan of decades, I too, feel there is an agenda. It may be couched cleverly or it may be blatant, but I see statements about POC on different crimes that make me cringe. They are usually that someone is in a gang or they are ISIS.

Perhaps the description came now from analyzing video footage. Perhaps someone had video footage but they were on vacation until now.

The description is quite detailed.

Has anyone asked why the description came out so late?

Maybe it is some guy who is too well to do to prosecute or too well to do to serve time in prison.

I have heard uptown is the place to be nowadays. Probably some super well to do connected kid.

How does one identify a Somali?
 
I just came upon this thread in looking at New posts...I live right near this area...I have a daughter that goes to Uptown and am OUTRAGED and appreciate KZ posting this. First I have heard of this and I listen and watch local news. Was this purposely supressed...OF COURSE IT WAS and you can speculate all you want about it...sort of sad this had gotten into some argument and finger pointing on here about "agendas"...the only people with agendas are the Minneapolis law enforcement who don't want any more headlines about the Somali immigrant issues we have here in Minneapolis...and remember everything thing that is happening in this city right now is being weighed in light of the Super Bowl coming soon....streets in the stadium are already being closed...they DO NOT WANT ANY MEDIA to get a drift we have these issues...and this includes the fact that we still have Justine Damond who was murdered by a Somali officer and they will not announce any decision on charging until well after the super bowl. Very sad. And as a follow up...I would feel this way about this crime no matter if the perp was purple or pink or anything...there was a man on the loose that night and it should have been on the news. I have had a chance to look back and there was some minor coverage of this attack but as I mentioned live here near Uptown and never heard a word and do watch and read local news.
 
Early on, the first very brief articles (like less than 200 words) tried to portray this stabbing as a robbery gone bad. However, ME's own words refuted that. She clearly has stated the assailant never tried to take her purse, and never demanded money or any valuables. However, he clearly DID speak to her, as she reported that he had an accent. She gave a very detailed description of the attacker.

“I would say about two to three minutes I was struggling with him on the ground, and he was dragging me through the snow and hurting me,” she said. “This person who did this to me for no reason is still out there; I don’t know if he’s looking to do this to someone else or if it was a one-time thing.”

Evenson said she was walking home from work and was tackled from behind near 31st and Fremont Avenue South. She said her body went numb as the suspect repeatedly stabbed her.

“Was it because I’m a woman, was it because of the color of my skin, was it what I was wearing, was it the purse on my shoulder even though you didn’t take anything from me?”

Weeks later, the boldness of the attack still has people in the area on edge.

Evenson said she got a very clear look at the suspect as she struggled with him for a few minutes. She describes him as a thin, Somali man in his early twenties with a slight accent and short, afro-style hair.

http://www.fox9.com/news/weeks-later-minneapolis-police-still-seeking-suspect-in-uptown-stabbing

She said, "This guy was following me, maybe 10-15 feet behind me. So, I kept kind of checking his distance to me and he started getting closer, so I sped up. I was pretty nervous and I was shaking a little bit. All of a sudden I check again and he's running at me.

Evenson admitted to Newsline 9 that she wasn't exactly sure what was happening during the attack.

"I was screaming really, really loud and asking for help. I could feel my body going numb and I thought that he was tasing me because I didn't really know what else to think."

http://foxsportswausau.com/news/articles/2017/dec/19/wausau-native-stabbed-in-minnesota/

“He was all of the sudden running at me, and he tackled me and we struggled for a long time — for what felt like minutes,” she said.

Evenson and her attacker thrashed back and forth in the snow as she remembered a survival technique her fiancé had taught her.

“I was, for the most part, trying to pull down his pants and claw at him, more than anything,” she said.

She screamed as she fought, and people rushed to her aid as the attacker ran off. At first, she says she was numb.

“The moment I initially realized I was being stabbed was when the two people initially pulled me up off the curb in the snow, and I just felt liquid rush down my back, and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, what happened to me? This can’t be good,” she said.

She suffered 14 stab wounds. Now, she’s fighting against infection — fighting against fear.

“I’ve never been afraid of anything, and I’m really pushing that this doesn’t affect who I am, and change me for the worse,” she said.

Evenson has absolutely no idea what her attacker was trying to do — she’s just so grateful for the strangers who helped save her.

Police are still trying to find a suspect.

http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Wausau-native-shares-harrowing-story-of-stabbing-465722823.html

Is Uptown a dangerous area with attacks every day? No. Far from it. Fremont and 32nd is residential, middle to upper middle class neighborhood.

Nearby resident Seth Viebrock heard a woman screaming. He said he ran outside and yelled: “Stop that,” and the suspect ran down 32nd Street. He and other neighbors applied pressure to the bleeding, wrapped Evenson in a blanket and set pillows behind her back.

“She was concerned about getting blood on my couch,” Viebrock said.

Robbery incidents year-to-date in Southwest Minneapolis’ 5th Precinct are down 7.9 percent from 2016, and up 12.6 percent from 2015. Crime Prevention Specialist Jennifer Neale said the incident does not represent a pattern of activity police are seeing.

“We’re still scratching our heads about it, because it’s just so brazen,” she said, noting the early time of day, shortly before 8:30 p.m., and the level of violence used to get a purse.

Resident Phyllis Wright, who was among the neighbors who ran to help Evenson, said she’s always been a city dweller and feels her neighborhood is largely quiet.

http://www.southwestjournal.com/news/crime/2017/12/woman-in-recovery-after-dec-13-stabbing/

BBM. Scratching their heads?? Seriously? As in "we just can't believe this happened here, and we're just baffled and paralyzed with disbelief"?? THIS is the first and ONLY statement from a police representative???? That should outrage ANY citizen.

Seth Viebrock, who lives on Fremont Avenue, said he heard screams and went out the front door of his house to see Evenson fending off her attacker.

"It was a bit frightening, but I did not have time to be too afraid because I could see he was stabbing her," Viebrock said. "And so I just ran toward him and started yelling, hoping that would work, and as I got closer the man ran away."

Viebrock said the neighborhood is generally safe, and that he does not plan to do anything differently after witnessing the attack. He praised Evenson for her strength and courage.

"She was clearly fighting back and she told me she was trying to hit him 'where it counts,'" he said, adding, "she was not going to let him get away with it, and she remained conscious pretty much until the time paramedics arrived at my house."

Minneapolis Police Sgt. Darcy Horn said no one has been arrested, and that no information on a suspect is available.

http://kstp.com/news/woman-survives-late-night-stabbing-attack-in-uptown-minneapolis-/4711481/

ME has moved to Tennesee to accept a promotion with her job, and she's getting married soon. There has been a fundraiser to help with her bills not covered by health insurance.

Someone upthread "wondered" how the attacker could have been described as "Somali". That is very disingenuous. Somalis are often very distinctive in appearance, both their physical appearance, and how they choose to dress. ME also reported that he had an accent, which is also distinctive, so apparently he DID say something to her. But clearly police and the media don't want any of the public to know what that was.

I strongly agree with turaj. This is a nice neighborhood, close to the stadium. Uptown is very trendy, multicultural, and lots of artistic talent. This is not a crime ridden neighborhood. The politics of the Super Bowl are also contributing to the suppression of this violent attempted murder. Stringent security measures have been in the planning for more than a year. Minneapolis simply cannot be viewed as a dangerous, violent city with stabbing assailants on the loose. This was not a petty crime.

**THANK GOD for Morgan's WONDERFUL, CARING, BRAVE neighbors. They ran in to help while the attacker was STILL stabbing Morgan. They wrapped her up in blankets and brought her inside until 911 responded. These are very good people anyone would be proud to have as neighbors.

Also keep in mind that the violent attacker FLED ON FOOT in a residential neighborhood. He apparently got out of a car, followed and attacked ME, and fled on foot when neighbors intervened. Was he the driver? A passenger? What kind of car was it? Was the neighborhood canvassed promptly and every home notified that an attacker was on the loose? NO. Did they publicize what he was wearing, and advise the public that he was likely to have BLOODY clothing? NO.

Police put EVERY citizen for several miles AT RISK by not properly and rapidly publicizing this attack when it happened. That should be profoundly disturbing to everyone. "More patrols" 3 weeks later is an impotent and incompetent response. As is releasing a description 3 weeks later, and then appealing for help from the public.

The "new" police chief should be called on the carpet for this response, and quite publicly, IMO.
 
Someone upthread "wondered" how the attacker could have been described as "Somali". That is very disingenuous.

Actually, I had the same question when I first read this thread but decided not to post it in case it was taken the wrong way... and it was actually a genuine question!

It's a horrific crime... very sad that sport plays a role in whether it gets air time... I never really understand many of the priorities in our "cultured" societies (and I'm not singling out any country in particular with that point, just to be clear)... our priorities always seem somewhat mixed up and twisted! JMHO
 
I don't think the attacker's information was withheld for 23 days. If the victim was lucky to be alive then she likely went through at least 1 emergency surgery, perhaps one or more follow up surgeries. Regardless, LE likely didn't have a coherent eyewitness for a bit, physically and possibly emotionally or psychologically. The person on the scene who scared him away, and the way he phrases things doesn't make it sound like he could identify the attacker in the same way the victim could.

I don't think this is agenda based at all. IMO
 
"Somalis are often very distinctive in appearance, both their physical appearance, and how they choose to dress" (K_Z message number 10)

I totally agree with you. Nobody could possibly get him confused with another African nationality. Somali nationals are very different in appearance from others in the same continent.

I also believe this was a lone wolf attack JMO and sadly we will see many more cases like this in the near future. I studied a terrorism course from the Univ of Maryland four years ago and all of our teachers said this -along with the rise of the alt right- is the biggest threat to the USA for the next 10-25 years.

I am so glad to read in another post -I do not seem to find it right now- that ME has moved to another state and she is planning her wedding! She deserves to be really happy and put this horrific attack behind her asap.
 
I have had Somali cab drivers in Mpls . I know they are because I ask where they are from. I like to hear about different cultures.

I have had cab drivers from Ethiopia and I talked with a man from Ethiopia who worked at the Mpls airport. I always wonder how they like the cold.

There are tons of places people come from. I am truly terrified for ME and it is horrifying for the people of the city . Uptown is a happening place.

But there is no way someone could identify a Somali from the myriad other people who have come to Minnesota.
 
Early on, the first very brief articles (like less than 200 words) tried to portray this stabbing as a robbery gone bad. However, ME's own words refuted that. She clearly has stated the assailant never tried to take her purse, and never demanded money or any valuables. However, he clearly DID speak to her, as she reported that he had an accent. She gave a very detailed description of the attacker.





http://www.fox9.com/news/weeks-later-minneapolis-police-still-seeking-suspect-in-uptown-stabbing



http://foxsportswausau.com/news/articles/2017/dec/19/wausau-native-stabbed-in-minnesota/



http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Wausau-native-shares-harrowing-story-of-stabbing-465722823.html

Is Uptown a dangerous area with attacks every day? No. Far from it. Fremont and 32nd is residential, middle to upper middle class neighborhood.





http://www.southwestjournal.com/news/crime/2017/12/woman-in-recovery-after-dec-13-stabbing/

BBM. Scratching their heads?? Seriously? As in "we just can't believe this happened here, and we're just baffled and paralyzed with disbelief"?? THIS is the first and ONLY statement from a police representative???? That should outrage ANY citizen.



http://kstp.com/news/woman-survives-late-night-stabbing-attack-in-uptown-minneapolis-/4711481/

ME has moved to Tennesee to accept a promotion with her job, and she's getting married soon. There has been a fundraiser to help with her bills not covered by health insurance.

Someone upthread "wondered" how the attacker could have been described as "Somali". That is very disingenuous. Somalis are often very distinctive in appearance, both their physical appearance, and how they choose to dress. ME also reported that he had an accent, which is also distinctive, so apparently he DID say something to her. But clearly police and the media don't want any of the public to know what that was.

I strongly agree with turaj. This is a nice neighborhood, close to the stadium. Uptown is very trendy, multicultural, and lots of artistic talent. This is not a crime ridden neighborhood. The politics of the Super Bowl are also contributing to the suppression of this violent attempted murder. Stringent security measures have been in the planning for more than a year. Minneapolis simply cannot be viewed as a dangerous, violent city with stabbing assailants on the loose. This was not a petty crime.

**THANK GOD for Morgan's WONDERFUL, CARING, BRAVE neighbors. They ran in to help while the attacker was STILL stabbing Morgan. They wrapped her up in blankets and brought her inside until 911 responded. These are very good people anyone would be proud to have as neighbors.

Also keep in mind that the violent attacker FLED ON FOOT in a residential neighborhood. He apparently got out of a car, followed and attacked ME, and fled on foot when neighbors intervened. Was he the driver? A passenger? What kind of car was it? Was the neighborhood canvassed promptly and every home notified that an attacker was on the loose? NO. Did they publicize what he was wearing, and advise the public that he was likely to have BLOODY clothing? NO.

Police put EVERY citizen for several miles AT RISK by not properly and rapidly publicizing this attack when it happened. That should be profoundly disturbing to everyone. "More patrols" 3 weeks later is an impotent and incompetent response. As is releasing a description 3 weeks later, and then appealing for help from the public.

The "new" police chief should be called on the carpet for this response, and quite publicly, IMO.

i am not even sure that KZ lives here in Minneapolis but boy does he/she have this case summed up in this post. And yes we have a NEW POLICE CHIEF that has been on the job since the Justine murder and if this is an example of his new techniques and "transparency" well God help this city. And again not a word about this...just also had a new mayor take over ...where is the outrage...??? With a description like they had and his being "on foot" some quick work could have maybe got him.
 
I have had Somali cab drivers in Mpls . I know they are because I ask where they are from. I like to hear about different cultures.

I have had cab drivers from Ethiopia and I talked with a man from Ethiopia who worked at the Mpls airport. I always wonder how they like the cold.

There are tons of places people come from. I am truly terrified for ME and it is horrifying for the people of the city . Uptown is a happening place.

But there is no way someone could identify a Somali from the myriad other people who have come to Minnesota.

I tend to disagree with this....they do look very different from most of the immigrants we have here in Minnesota...and the accent is different too and living here as ME does it is quite possible that the description was correct...and anyway makes not difference if they were from Iceland...it was suppressed by LE for reasons as have already been discussed....and a major fail for the new police Chief.
 
I tend to disagree with this....they do look very different from most of the immigrants we have here in Minnesota...and the accent is different too and living here as ME does it is quite possible that the description was correct...and anyway makes not difference if they were from Iceland...it was suppressed by LE for reasons as have already been discussed....and a major fail for the new police Chief.

I am curious as to how many non Somalis hang around with Somalis? How about with Ethiopians? Kenyans?

What does an American look like?
 
I lived very close to this in the 90s on 34th and Dupont. This kind of attack would have been ultra rare then and I assume still is. I did witness a guy get shot in a residential intersection just like this one about ten blocks east of there, and noone had the guts to leave their houses to go help him like they helped Morgan. (I was drunk at a party so was in no position to do anything but call police) The majority of crime near Uptown (which is ironically south of downtown) is further SE. My guess is this guy is mentally unstable, strung out, or they somehow crossed paths earlier and he didn't like how she treated him. The racial tensions were pretty apparent in general when I lived there as far as culture clash and crime...a decade later I can only assume the Somali population has grown without much to keep them from being disenfranchised and the fact they haven't caught this guy is a huge deal they're not going to want publicized. Morgan is fortunate to have lived, I am happy to hear she's doing well.
 
I am curious as to how many non Somalis hang around with Somalis? How about with Ethiopians? Kenyans?

What does an American look like?

An American looks like a Native American because they were the first nation people to inhabit the Americas. The rest of the people all migrated after that and were of all different ethnicities from Europe etc.
 
An American looks like a Native American because they were the first nation people to inhabit the Americas. The rest of the people all migrated after that and were of all different ethnicities from Europe etc.

This thread isn’t about race.... let’s keep it that way.
 

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