ARIZONA – Police have taken a 16-year-old boy into custody after the teen allegedly stabbed his 3-year-old brother to death and injured his 9-year-old sister.
The attack happened Saturday night while the siblings’ mother was at work. According to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, two other siblings, boys ages 4 and 17-years-old, were also home at the time of the stabbing.
Neighbors called 911 after the witnessed the older teen carrying his injured sister and 4-year-old brother out of the house looking for help.
When police arrived on the scene, the suspect ran from the home covered in blood and was apprehend after a short foot pursuit.
Police would find the 3-year-old, who has special needs, dead inside the home. The 9-year-old girl was treated for wounds to her upper torso and later released from the hospital.
The children’s mother didn’t find out what happened until she returned home from work.
The suspect is currently in the Durango Juvenile Detention Center facing charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault and endangerment. Arpaio said it is very likely the boy will be charged as an adult.
“This 16-year-old I’m sure will be tried as an adult and will be in our jails,” Arpaio said. “It was a vicious, vicious, horrific murder of a 3-year-old.”
Investigators do not have a motive behind the stabbing, but did say the suspect has no known history of mental illness and no prior domestic violence calls have been made to the home.
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