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ROCKFORD, Ill. — A mother who was injured in an Illinois stabbing spree Wednesday said that if it wasn’t for her son, who was also attacked, she and her daughter might not have survived after the attacker entered their home. Darlene Weber and her children, Jacob Vollman, 21, and Cathy Gilfillan, 23, described the assault. Christian Soto is accused of going on a rampage Wednesday afternoon, ultimately killing four people and injuring seven others, including Weber and her kids.
to screams of 'help, help' and 'get out of my house, you shouldn't be here,' she said. She said she ran upstairs, where she found her brother 'boxing' with the man. At first she thought it might have been one of her brother’s friends; then, she said, the man turned toward her, charged at her and 'clocked me one' before she fell into the fetal position. She said he was about to hit her again when her brother began 'waling on him' with a syrup bottle.
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