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Paterson police and the Passaic County prosecutor charged the mother of a 7-year-old boy with his murder and stabbing her teenage son Saturday morning.
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UPDATE: Responders furiously tried to save the life a 7-year-old Paterson boy whom authorities said was stabbed dead by his mother early Saturday.
Iris Tolentino, 46, also stabbed the dead boy s 17-year-old brother, who was holding a bathroom closed to keep her restrained until police arrived, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement.
The younger boy, whom neighbors called David, was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center.
The older brother was treated for a stab wound to his upper arm before being released.
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UPDATE: Responders furiously tried to save the life a 7-year-old Paterson boy whom authorities said was stabbed dead by his mother early Saturday.
Iris Tolentino, 46, also stabbed the dead boy s 17-year-old brother, who was holding a bathroom closed to keep her restrained until police arrived, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement.
The younger boy, whom neighbors called David, was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center.
The older brother was treated for a stab wound to his upper arm before being released.
Child killed, teen wounded in N.J. stabbing, authorities say
Updated 12:06 PM;
A 7-year-old child was killed in a multiple stabbing Saturday morning in Paterson, authorities said.
At around 7:04 a.m., Paterson police officers responded to a report of a stabbing in a 3rd floor apartment on North 6th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a statement. When officers arrived, they found two children with stab wounds inside the apartment, a 7-year-old and a 17-year-old, the statement said.
The victims were rushed to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where the 7-year-old was pronounced dead, according to the prosecutor’s statement.