Two children, ages 7 and 12, were taken into custody at the Harris County Jail in Texas on Saturday afternoon after allegedly stabbing an elderly woman.
A 12-year-old suspect and a 7-year-old accomplice were charged with aggravated assault after allegedly stabbing the 59-year-old victim around 4:30 p.m. Kou 11 report.
Update from yesterday’s April Valley CT stabbing scene: Victim remains hospitalized in critical condition.
The 12-year-old boy was charged with aggravated assault and is being held in the Harris County Juvenile Hall.
A 7 year old child is not guilty by law.
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) March 24, 2024
According to the newspaper, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the 7-year-old boy avoided prosecution because he was “not legally guilty.”
The two children ultimately committed the stabbing after revisiting the victim’s home after an earlier confrontation, the sheriff’s office said. The victim was seen on surveillance video arguing with two boys on a bicycle. In the video, the neighbor appears to tell the children to leave the woman alone, KHOU 11 reports.
The footage showed the two boys wearing surgical gloves and returning to the victim’s home. Both children fled the scene after a boy wearing a red hoodie lunged at the elderly woman, the paper said. The victim’s family arrived at the scene shortly afterward, and it was her brother who called police, sheriff’s investigator Sergio Torres said. (Related: Video shows mother chases kidnapping suspect, grabs teenage daughter and flees)
The elderly woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition, the paper said. From there, the victim was taken by Life Flight to another hospital, Gonzalez said. The victim reportedly had a history of mental illness.
“if [the kids] You have the ability to go to an older woman who clearly has mental issues and do that, and even the neighbors are like, “Leave her alone, there’s something wrong with her, and now she’s gone.” “I’m worried about this,” said Maddie Monsalve, a longtime neighbor of the victim. he told KHOU11.
