This story is all to familiar around this household. Now, will the police allow a child to defend his mother? Or will he be locked away for months on end while they decide if his act was one of criminality?
Boy, 12, kills man who attacked his mom
HYATTSVILLE, Md. – A 12-year-old boy fatally slashed a man who was attacking his mother at the boarding house where they lived, authorities said.
Salomon Noubissie, 64, died at a hospital after he was slashed across the neck Monday night in the home in the Landover area.
Cpl. Diane Richardson, a spokeswoman for Prince George’s County police, said Wednesday that authorities hadn’t decided whether the boy would be charged with anything. They were reviewing the case with the state’s attorney’s office.
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