A 12-year-old girl confessed that she stabbed her little brother, and was taken into custody by police in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Tulsa Police Department released a statement on saying that a 911 call was received just before midnight about a stabbing at an apartment a few miles south of downtown Tulsa.
The parents told police they were upstairs sleeping in their bedroom when their daughter woke them up and told them she stabbed her brother in his room.
First responders were already there and performed CPR on the nine-year-old boy before rushing him to a nearby medical center.
The child underwent surgery, but he was pronounced him dead.
Police took the 12-year-old girl into custody, and according to police statements, she remained at the Family Center for Juvenile Justice in Tulsa. The Tulsa Police Child Crisis Unit is investigating the incident.
Tulsa Police Captain, Richard Meulenberg, said that intent would be an important factor in the case and the court system would have to work that out. He said that investigators did some interviews with the girl, but they were very preliminary due to her young age.
Oklahoma law allows for the police to hold the girl for up to five working days before filing a petition in court that would outline their allegations against her.
Oklahoma law prohibits children 12 and under from being detained, but it makes exceptions for children suspected of committing felony crimes and in circumstances when police think a minor might be a danger to himself or others.
State law only allows children over the age of 13 to be tried as adults for murder allegations.
