UPDATE – 4:51 pm. Monday, June 2

Tony L. Williams appeared agitated Monday afternoon as he appeared in court to face charges alleging he stabbed 12 people the evening before at the Union Gospel Mission in downtown Salem.

The Marion County District Attorney’s Office on Monday charged Williams, 42, of Bend, with second-degree attempted murder and 11 counts of second-degree assault.

Williams appeared behind glass at the Marion County Criminal Court Annex attached to the county jail and rambled profanely even after court staff lowered the volume on his microphone. He complained about conditions in the jail, claiming that staff were pumping gas into his cell, and said he acted in self-defense.

Marion County Circuit Judge Pro Tem Drew Taylor ordered that he remain in jail at least until his

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