Authorities in D.C. mentioned a 16-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by her age-mate after they bought right into a dispute over “sweet-and-sour sauce.” In accordance with The Washington Put up, the deadly incident occurred outdoors a McDonald’s restaurant over the weekend.
The sufferer, recognized as Naima Liggon, was stabbed within the chest and stomach after she bought right into a bodily altercation together with her attacker and one other woman. Throughout a Monday listening to in D.C. Superior Court docket, Detective Brendan Jasper mentioned Liggon and the opposite woman initially attacked the 16-year-old who stabbed her after they bought into an argument over “sweet-and-sour sauce.”
And although the suspect didn’t struggle again at first, she later stabbed Liggon because the sufferer and the opposite woman have been coming into a automobile, Jasper mentioned. The teenager suspect has since been charged with second-degree homicide whereas armed. She entered a not-involved plea, which is the juvenile model of not responsible.
The suspect’s lawyer informed the courtroom that Liggon and the opposite woman began the struggle and the 16-year-old suspect was defending herself. Prosecutors, nonetheless, argued that the struggle had ended when the unidentified suspect stabbed Liggon.
“She was the one one who introduced a knife to a fistfight,” mentioned prosecutor Priscilla Guerrero. Within the wake of the stabbing, Liggon was taken to a hospital the place she was pronounced lifeless.
Per The Washington Put up, Liggon is the thirteenth particular person underneath the age of 18 to be killed in Washington this 12 months. The teenager accused of fatally stabbing her can also be amongst lots of of juveniles accused of committing violent crimes.
“On the finish of the day, somebody is lifeless over a dispute over sauce,” D.C. Superior Court docket Choose Sherri Beatty-Arthur mentioned throughout the listening to. The accused teen is being held in jail.
Liggon’s killing additionally comes within the wake of metropolis officers working to cease youth violence in Washington.
