12-year-old WI boy charged with attempting to kill younger brother
SUPERIOR, Wis. - A 12-year-old boy accused of stabbing his younger brother in far northwestern Wisconsin can be charged with attempted intentional homicide, a judge has ruled.
According to a criminal complaint, the older boy stabbed his 7-year-old sibling once in the back, twice in the abdomen and once in the chest in the Jan. 11 attack at a home on Solon Springs, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) south of Duluth, Minnesota.
The younger boy survived the attack and told police his older brother put a pillow over his face during the stabbing to mute his screams, KBJR-TV reported.
The judge made the ruling during a preliminary hearing Wednesday in adult court. The case could still be sent back to juvenile court; a hearing on that decision was scheduled for March 5.
In Wisconsin, juveniles over the age of 10 accused of attempted first-degree intentional homicide are first sent to adult court.
The 12-year-old is being held at the Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Eau Claire.
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