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Boy, 5, stabbed inside Newark home, mom taken into custody: reports
The youngster was stabbed just after 5 p.m. inside the home on Murray Street near Brunswick Street in Newark’s Central Ward.
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Boy, 5, stabbed inside Newark home, mom taken into custody: reports
By
Amanda Woods
Published Nov. 7, 2023, 6:29 p.m. ET
A 5-year-old boy was stabbed inside a New Jersey home this week — and his mom was taken into police custody for questioning, according to reports.
The youngster was stabbed just after 5 p.m. inside the home on Murray Street near Brunswick Street in Newark’s Central Ward, the city’s public safety director, Fritz Fragé, told New Jersey 101.5.
He was taken to University Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition Tuesday.
His mom, Symona McGhee, 29, was questioned by detectives, and later charged with attempted murder, according to Essex County prosecutors.
Neighbor Phillip Valentine told WNYW that the boy’s parents had lived in the home for about two years, and described the stabbing as a shock.