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Police: 12-year-old girl stabs 9-year-old sister multiple times in Calhoun County

Posted at 8:57 AM, Oct 29, 2014
and last updated 2014-10-29 09:00:51-04

CALHOUN COUNTY, Mich. — A disturbing story out of Calhoun County, where police in Emmett Township say a 12-year-old girl stabbed her 9-year-old sister multiple times early Wednesday morning.

Emmett Township Public Safety says that the stabbing happened in the Triangle Trailer Park, at 993  E. Michigan Ave. at approximately 5:40 a.m.

Public safety responded, along with LifeCare EMS, and treated the younger girl at the scene for stab wounds to her face, neck and chest. She was transported to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, where she is expected to survive.

The 12-year-old suspect was taken into custody, and is now at the Calhoun County Juvenile Detention facility in Marshall.

Police are still investigating, and don’t yet know the motive for the attack.