Two Stabbed Inside Windsor Locks Warehouse

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT — A warehouse employee stabbed two co-workers and held police at bay with a knife during a standoff Tuesday night.

Around 9:15 p.m., Windsor Locks police were dispatched to C & S Wholesale Grocers at 500 North Street to investigate the report of a stabbing that had just occurred. The area is a very active warehouse of over a million square feet and 80+ employees at any given time, Det. Sgt. Paul Cherniack said in a written statement.

Details were still coming in as officers arrived at C & S and they were directed to the warehouse loading docks. An officer was making his way toward the suspect's location when he saw a shirtless 56-year-old man being tended to by a female employee. The male had been stabbed in the upper right back area, sustaining non-life threatening injuries, Cherniack said.

Officers located the assailant and recognized an immediate threat to themselves and others nearby. The warehouse was in full operation and numerous employees were in the direct vicinity of the knife-wielding assailant who had already stabbed one person. The assailant was not responding to commands by officers to drop the weapon, Cherniack said.

The suspect was acting erratically and remained unresponsive to officers' commands. Suddenly he focused on one officer, moving toward him with the knife at the ready. The officer cautiously moved backward to provide a safe distance, giving the assailant every opportunity to stop his movement and drop the weapon. After intense communication by officers to the assailant, he was hit with one discharge from a conducted electrical weapon (CEW) Tazer, which had no effect, Cherniack said.

The assailant again focused on the same officer as another officer moved to a position of tactical advantage and deployed the Tazer a second time, which now had its desired effect. Officers immediately moved in and restrained the suspect while kicking the knife away from his reach. The assailant remained violent and resisted arrest until finally subdued by officers, Cherniack said.

The assailant was later identified as Hasudin Siljkovic, 27, of 388 Campfield Ave., Hartford.

As the investigation continued, a second male, 27, was found to have been stabbed in his thumb by the assailant as well. This male was injured as he tried to block the assailant's downward knife strike, Cherniack said.

Siljkovic was transported to the hospital for evaluation while in police custody. The two victims were treated and released for non-life threatening wounds, according to Cherniack.

Siljkovic was charged with two counts of second-degree assault, a Class D felony, and remains uncooperative, Cherniack said.

The folding knife, with approximately a three-and-a-half-inch blade, was recovered at the scene.

This incident was isolated and no further related threats exist. Management representatives of C & S were on-scene and fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation, Cherniack said.

Photo courtesy of Windsor Locks Police Department