12-year-old girl killed after Scarborough stabbing, youth charged with 2nd-degree murder

Toronto police say a 12-year-old girl has died and a boy is facing a second-degree murder charge after a stabbing in Scarborough on Tuesday evening.

The stabbing happened at a residence around 6:30 p.m. in the Dundalk Drive and Antrim Crescent area, near Highway 401 and Kennedy Road.

Det. Sgt. Brandon Price told reporters they found a female youth with serious injuries and, despite life-saving measures, she was pronounced dead inside of the home.

A boy was taken to hospital with minor injuries, paramedics said.

Price said that male youth was released from hospital and taken into custody.

In an update late Wednesday morning, police said a boy was charged with second-degree murder.

Global News has learned the youth, who appeared in court on Wednesday morning, is also 12 years old.

Global News has also learned after speaking with the superintendent of the residential building, Amy Li, that a family with five children lived in the unit.

Li said a female tenant in the unit called her urgently asking for help on Tuesday and she went up to the unit. The door wouldn’t open, Li said, and she went back to the office to get the emergency key to open the door.

Li said she then heard noise from outside, went outside and saw a boy standing on a balcony and was nervous that he was going to fall.

She said she then got a second call from the mother, asking her to call the police.

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“I feel very sad,” Li said. “(It’s) very hard for me and also not good for the residents.”

A resident told Global News he saw the boy dangling from the balcony and it looked like he was about to fall.

“He was like hanging and the firefighter pulled him back,” the resident told Global News.

Due to provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act the boy cannot be identified due to his age.

— With files from Ryan Rocca

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