Oklahoma

12-Year-Old Girl in Custody After Fatally Stabbing 9-Year-Old Brother, Police Say

The girl was held at Tulsa's Family Center for Juvenile Justice, although exact allegations were unclear.

A 12-year-old girl was in custody at a juvenile facility after she fatally stabbed her 9-year-old brother, police said.

The stabbing was reported just before midnight on Thursday at a residence in the St. Thomas Square community south of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa police said in a statement released Friday. 

"Officers learned the children's parent was upstairs asleep when the 12-year-old daughter woke the parent up and said that she had stabbed her 9-year-old brother," the Tulsa Police Department said.

First responders administered CPR before the boy was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, the department said. 

The girl, whose name was being withhold because of her age, was taken into custody at Tulsa's Family Center for Juvenile Justice. It wasn't clear if the girl has obtained counsel for the case. Tulsa County Public Defenders Juvenile Division did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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