'Hero' teen saves great-grandparents after brother allegedly stabs them during car ride

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A Texas 12-year-old likely saved the lives of his great-grandparents when his older brother started stabbing them in the neck and head during a car ride, authorities said.

Sheriff's Sgt. John Klafka said Sunday's assault happened in Katy, west of Houston, after the great-grandmother, 92, and the great-grandfather, 76, drove Johnston to a friend's house. Their names haven't been publicly released.

As they arrived, the woman told Johnston that he was to stay with the friend until he sought an evaluation from a doctor for"behavioral issues," Klafka said. This"set him off," Klafka said. Authorities said Johnston stabbed his great-grandmother first and then his great-grandfather. Johnston's younger brother"just reacted," Kafka said."He started fighting his brother. And he did what he could to help."Johnston is accused of fleeing after the stabbing, and authorities arrested him Monday after he returned to the friend's home where the great-grandparents were taking him.The great-grandfather received two stitches in his neck, and his wife required five staples on the right side of her head. Both were released from a hospital.

The great-grandfather told authorities that he believed that he and his wife would have been killed had the boy not intervened, Klafka said.Tim Stelloh

 

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No stories on the recent black on Jew attack in New York?

Still the same carnage and bloodshed as last year....Shame on you, NBC News.

There will always be someone who means to do harm. So taking guns away will never stop them. They'll use anything as a weapon. Glad his brother was there.

That is wonderful what the 12 year old did to save his great-grandparents but why isn't the 20 year old getting charged with two charges of attempted murder because that's what it was!!!!!

Jesus anything good you wanna report in the new year? My timeline has been filled with the worst of human kind since I logged on.

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