A 12-year-old boy is facing attempted murder charges after he stabbed another pre-teen in the chest with a kitchen knife during a fight at a Brooklyn playground, officials said Friday.
The victim, who is also 12, was in critical but stable condition at Brookdale University Hospital on Friday.
The two pre-teens got into a fight at the Betsy Head Park playground at Thomas S. Boyland St. and Dumont Ave. in Brownsville at 2:53 p.m. Thursday.
The two had started punching each other when the suspect pulled out a kitchen knife and jammed it into his rival’s chest, witnesses to the bloody attack said.
Cops did not immediately disclose why the pair were fighting.
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A knife is seen on the ground after a 12-year-old boy was stabbed inside Betsy Head Park on Thomas S. Boyland Street and Dumont Ave. in Brownsville on Thursday. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)
After the stabbing, the suspect and another pre-teen ran out of the park, but were quickly grabbed up by responding police officers.
After a brief investigation, cops charged the 12-year-old with attempted murder. He’s expected to be prosecuted as a juvenile offender, cops said.
Police did not disclose the suspect’s name because of his age.
Medics rushed the victim to Brookdale University Hospital, where he underwent surgery, cops said.
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Police investigate after a person was stabbed inside Betsy Head Park on Thursday. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)
The kitchen knife, which had a gray handle, was recovered at the scene as well as a purple backpack, a winter coat and some bloody clothes that were found next to the knife.
Betsy Head Park is a short distance from a high school, P.S./I.S. 323 and the Mott Hall Bridges Academy, but it wasn’t clear if the two boys went to either of these schools.
