IL - 6 y.o. boy stabbed 2 y.o. brother, Joliet, 6 September 2024

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JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) -- A 6-year-old boy stabbed his 2-year-old brother to death in Joliet late Friday afternoon, police said.

 

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In Joliet, IL a 6-year-old boy used a kitchen knife to stab his 2-year-old brother to death on Friday evening.

Investigators said they were called to a home after 5 p.m. When they arrived they found the boy had been stabbed multiple times. The mother was in another room when the stabbing occurred. The victim was rushed to the hospital and passed away.

""Everyone in this incident is a victim," said Sgt. Dwayne English with the Joliet Police Department. "There's such a sense of humanity in incidents like this where both the family and the people directly involved in this incident, and also frankly our officers, that respond. "We are human beings and this a definitely taken a toll on everyone involved.""

"Police said it was the mother who called 911 after finding her 2-year-old son. She was inside the home at the time of the stabbing but was in a different room, police said.
The Department of Children and Family Services (DCSF)is aware of what happened and is working with police, officials said. Police said their department has had contact with the family in the past but did not say what kind of contact that was or who it involved."

Joliet police investigating after 2-year-old boy was stabbed to death by 6-year-old brother

Joliet police said they are investigating after a 6-year-old boy fatally stabbed his 2-year-old brother with a kitchen knife on Friday evening.

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My heart breaks for the family. What an overwhelming tragedy.

JMO

 

[LadyL]

how does a 6 year old even have that violent thought? he should be playing with toy cars and super hero figures

 

[Sarahlou]

how does a 6 year old even have that violent thought? he should be playing with toy cars and super hero figures

I'd guess he's seen and experienced things he shouldn't have done at that age. JMO.
Tragic.

 

[Bluebear15]

Monkey see, monkey do. So sad...rip little one.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

My heart goes out to this family. What a thing to carry through life. Perhaps he has seen stabbings in a movie, T.V. show, video streaming, or video game and was mimicking what he saw?

 

[LadyL]

My heart goes out to this family. What a thing to carry through life. Perhaps he has seen stabbings in a movie, T.V. show, video streaming, or video game and was mimicking what he saw?

I was thinking that too.

 

[Rita7]

I'd guess he's seen and experienced things he shouldn't have done at that age. JMO.
Tragic.

Yes, what a tragic fatal incident! And we still know nothing about boys' family background and circumstances.

 

[mickey2942]

Of course, I think that someone else may have done it, and are setting up the 6 yo to take the fall. That being said, if that is not the case, it is a terrible tragedy. But doesn't surprise me.