Suspect in Salem shelter rampage pulled knife just as he was leaving, witnesses and authorities say

Kyle Casey stood outside Salem’s Union Gospel Mission shelter , waiting to check in and get a bed for the night on Sunday.

As he waited, a man rushed out the front entry, bleeding.

Behind him came a man wielding a knife.

Casey himself was stabbed in one of the bloodiest incidents in recent Salem history. In all, 12 people were wounded by a Bend man with a history of threatening strangers at knifepoint. Five remained hospitalized as of midday Monday.

The startling attack left workers at Salem’s largest shelter working through the day to recover in time for the evening meal.

Meantime, in a jailhouse courtroom 6 miles away, Tony L. Williams, 42, was formally charged with the attack. He responded to the judge with rants and delusions.

Interviews, official statements and videos tell th