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  • Police tape surrounds several houses as police investigate a mass...

    Police tape surrounds several houses as police investigate a mass stabbing along the 2300 block of Holmes Street on March 27, 2024, in Rockford. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

  • Police investigate a mass stabbing in the 2300 block of...

    Police investigate a mass stabbing in the 2300 block of Holmes Street on March 27, 2024, in Rockford. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

  • Devon Ancona stands outside police tape after hearing that his...

    Devon Ancona stands outside police tape after hearing that his best friend, Jacob Schupbach, who lives on the 2300 block of Holmes Street, might have been injured or killed following a mass stabbing on March 27, 2024, in Rockford. Ancona said, “I just hope he is still alive.” (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

  • An evidence technician carries bags of evidence following a mass...

    An evidence technician carries bags of evidence following a mass stabbing along the 2300 block of Holmes Street on March 27, 2024, in Rockford. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

  • Police investigate a mass stabbing along the 2300 block of...

    Police investigate a mass stabbing along the 2300 block of Holmes Street on March 27, 2024, in Rockford. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

  • Rockford police Chief Carla Redd talks on March 27, 2024,...

    Rockford police Chief Carla Redd talks on March 27, 2024, after a mass stabbing on the city's Southeast Side. (Kara Hawley/Rockford Register Star/USA Today Network)

  • An officer rolls out police tape on March 27, 2024,...

    An officer rolls out police tape on March 27, 2024, near a mass stabbing scene along Cleveland Avenue in Rockford. (Kara Hawley/Rockford Register Star/USA Today Network)

  • An official carries evidence bags after a mass stabbing incident...

    An official carries evidence bags after a mass stabbing incident on March 27, 2024, near Cleveland Avenue in Rockford. (Kara Hawley/Rockford Register Star/USA Today Network)

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