Boy, 7, Won’t Be Charged in Death of Grandfather
Prosecutors decided Tuesday not to charge a 7-year-old boy who stabbed his grandfather to death because he was defending his mother during a fight.
The boy will be sent to therapy instead, said Richard Padzieski, chief of operations for the Wayne County prosecutor’s office.
“There’s no culpability,” Padzieski said.
The boy stabbed John White, 48, in the lower back with a steak knife Sunday night, police said. White was pronounced dead 90 minutes later.
The grandfather had been drinking before a fight broke out between him and his 24-year-old daughter. Police did not reveal details of the fight but said the boy did what he thought was right to protect his mother.
“If you see your mother getting pushed or slapped, that’s getting beaten up in the eyes of a 7-year-old,” said police Cmdr. Gerald Stewart.
The boy’s mother was not injured.
Stewart said the boy is now with his grandmother.
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