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Eleven people have been injured after a mass stabbing at a homeless shelter in Oregon, the Salem Police Department has said
A police spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE that a male suspect is in custody following the incident
The victims were taken to Salem Health Hospital to be treated "with varying types of injuries," the spokesperson added
Multiple people have been injured after a mass stabbing incident in Oregon, police have confirmed.
On Sunday, June 1, at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time, Salem Police Department officers responded to reports "of multiple stabbing victims at the Union Gospel Mission, which is located [on] the 700 block of Commercial St. NE," police spokesperson Angela Hedrick confirmed in an email to PEOPLE.
Hedrick said that 11 victims had been "tra