Police questioned an 11-year-old Bronx boy in connection with the death of his terminally ill stepdad, sources said.
Cops believe the boy may have kicked 51-year-old George Szkred, who was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer, before the man died Thursday night, the sources said.
“He’s a quiet kid. He just quietly goes about his business,” a neighbor said Friday.
Another neighbor described the child as “disrespectful.”
The boy was questioned by cops Thursday night and released to his mother, police said.
A crying woman answered the door of the boy’s home Friday, and quickly slammed it shut.
Police were called to the family’s apartment in NYCHA’s Bailey Houses on Heath Avenue when the boy and the stepdad were squabbling.
“I saw him leaving with two cops … two detectives last night,” one of the neighbors said. “There were a lot of cops in the hallway.”
At some point in the argument, the boy struck the man in the stomach, sources said. He died in an ambulance on the way to St. Barnabas Hospital.
The medical examiner is investigating the cause of death, police said.
https://nypost.com/2018/12/07/11-year-old-questioned-in-death-of-his-terminally-ill-stepdad/
Cops believe the boy may have kicked 51-year-old George Szkred, who was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer, before the man died Thursday night, the sources said.
“He’s a quiet kid. He just quietly goes about his business,” a neighbor said Friday.
Another neighbor described the child as “disrespectful.”
The boy was questioned by cops Thursday night and released to his mother, police said.
A crying woman answered the door of the boy’s home Friday, and quickly slammed it shut.
Police were called to the family’s apartment in NYCHA’s Bailey Houses on Heath Avenue when the boy and the stepdad were squabbling.
“I saw him leaving with two cops … two detectives last night,” one of the neighbors said. “There were a lot of cops in the hallway.”
At some point in the argument, the boy struck the man in the stomach, sources said. He died in an ambulance on the way to St. Barnabas Hospital.
The medical examiner is investigating the cause of death, police said.
https://nypost.com/2018/12/07/11-year-old-questioned-in-death-of-his-terminally-ill-stepdad/