Father of 12-year-old suspect accused of stabbing child in custody
MILL CREEK, Wash. -- Update: the father of the 12-year-old suspect who stabbed another child on Wednesday has turned himself into Mill Creek police on Friday night. Mitchell was charged with 1st degree assault of a child and booked into the Snohomish County Jail.
On Wednesday, officers responded to a home at Heatherwood Apartments in Mill Creek of a 12-year-old boy was stabbed by another 12-year-old and physically abused by the suspect's father, according to police.
According to the victim and witness, the father of the suspect grabbed the boy and punched him. The suspect then began stabbing him while the father held the boy down.
Police say the child did not suffer any life-threatening injuries and is currently being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
The 12-year-old suspect was found inside the apartment when police arrived and has been arrested for 1st-degree assault and was taken to a juvenile detention center. The father of the suspect fled the scene before police arrived.
Police recovered the knife believed to have been involved in the incident and the stabbing is currently under investigation.