Police: Stabbed Teens Turn Out To Be Possible Suspects, Not Victims
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Two 15 year olds have been stabbed and rushed to the hospital. But instead of being the victims of a crime, they might just be the suspects.
The two 15 year olds initially told police they were jumped and stabbed by a group of people after leaving a Coral Springs mall.
However, detectives said that's not the case.
"It turns out that the two juveniles who were the victims of the stabbing may actually be suspects in an apparent robbery gone wrong," Coral Springs Police Capt. Bradley McKeone.
The teens initially told police they were approached by a group of individuals somewhere in the area just south of Atlantic Boulevard on University Drive sometime between 6 and 7 p.m.
After a confrontation, the teens said they were stabbed.
The two then ran about a half a mile to an apartment complex where one of the victims lives and called for help.
"He was holding his side, he was more in shock than anything at first, of course," one of the teen's father said.
The father said his son was stabbed in the chest/abdomen area and was airlifted to the hospital.
The other teen was stabbed in the calf and was driven to Coral Springs Medical Center.
After further investigation of the teens' initial claim, police said they discovered the teens were meeting someone for an illegal transaction.
"The would-be transaction possibly turned into some type of robbery and the would-be victim of the robbery pulled out a knife and stabbed the two juveniles in self-defense," McKeone said.
Instead of looking for the suspects who the teens said attacked them, investigators are now looking for their potential victim of the attempted robbery to get more information about what happened.
"If all the evidence points that that is in fact what happened and that person is willing to press charges, then we would charge these two individuals," McKeone said.