KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy who was repeatedly stabbed by a 12-year-old boy at a playground in western Michigan has died, police said Tuesday.
Michael Conner Verkerke ran home and collapsed on the porch around 6 p.m. Monday after he was stabbed at a mobile home park in Kentwood, near Grand Rapids, according to police. He died after being rushed to a hospital.
Witnesses told investigators that four children were playing when one of them pulled a knife and stabbed the boy. The motive in the attack was still being investigated, said Kentwood Police Chief Thomas Killen.
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Police said the older boy left the playground after the stabbing and called police from a nearby home to turn himself in.
Police said the 12-year-old boy was evaluated at a hospital before being taken to the Kent County Juvenile Detention Center pending charges. Police didn't immediately release additional details about the child.
In America 12 year olds can go to jail for life right? What a horrible story
Yeah, that's why they took him to get evaluated.
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Police said the 12-year-old boy was evaluated at a hospital before being taken to the Kent County Juvenile Detention Center pending charges. Police didn't immediately release additional details about the child.
Pictured: The 12-year-old boy charged with murder for stabbing a boy, nine, to death on the playground then called police to say 'please pick me up'
Jamarion Lawhorn, 12, will be tried as an adult in juvenile court
His mother rubbed his back and wiped away his tears as he pleaded not guilty to murder charges
His lawyer has asked for a psychological evaluation
Michael 'Conner' Kerkerke, nine, died at a hospital after being stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife
Shocking: Jamarion Lawhorn, 12, is charged with murder. He will be tried as an adult in juvenile court. Even prosecutors said he looked small and young for his age
Horrific: Michael 'Conner' Verkerke died Monday night after being stabbed in the back multiple times and he and friends played on a playground near his home
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Police say that Jamarion's attack on Conner was unprovoked and inexplicable. He didn't know Conner before the attack and had joined the 9-year-old and two friends on the playground.
Suddenly, he pulled a knife out of the sand and stabbed Conner multiple times in the back, authorities say. Police aren't saying where Jamarion got the weapon.
Conner ran to his home house nearby and collapsed on the porch. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition an died hours later.
Police Jamarion didn't know Conner before the attack. They say the two boys had been playing together when Jamarion pulled a knife out of the sand and stabbed Conner multiple times in the back
everyone should have a pocket knife. Just don't cut a bitch.
