CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — Prosecutors in South Carolina want to try a 13-year-old murder suspect as an adult. The boy is accused of stabbing a 16-year-old boy to death in the Blackstock neighborhood in Chester County.
The stabbing happened on Russell Road on Feb. 11, an area that neighbors consider quiet.
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Neighbors told Channel 9′s South Carolina reporter Tina Terry that the teen suspect was well known.
“It’s a pretty peaceful community. Everybody knows everybody and there’s not a whole lot of violence going on,” said neighbor John Salters.
But deputies say last week, just before midnight, a 13-year-old boy reportedly stabbed another teen who later died.
Officials say the teens had just left a basketball game in Winnsboro earlier that night.
“It’s hard I think, especially what their parents are going through,” said Chester County resident Adamari Ortiz.
The motive is not clear but a solicitor told Channel 9 that due to the seriousness of the charges, a waiver was filed to have the 13-year-old charged as an adult.
“That’s very severe you know,” Salters said. “Not taking light of someone who lost their life, but 13 years old?”
The solicitor’s office has requested a full evaluation of the 13-year-old.
After the evaluation, a hearing will be held and a judge will decide if that teen will be charged as an adult.
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