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13-year-old boy charged after teen stabbed to death in Detroit

By Amber Ainsworth
Published  July 27, 2023 1:11pm EDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 2 Detroit
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - A Southfield teen is facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing and killing another teen in Detroit.

The 13-year-old suspect, who is not being named due to his age, is accused of stabbing 14-year-old Daivion Henderson in the neck during a fight in the area of Burgess and Thatcher on the city's west side Tuesday night. The suspect has been charged with second-degree murder.

Daivion's mother Terronda Henderson says witnesses said the fight was over a basketball game.

Daivion Henderson

Daivion Henderson

She says Daivion won that game, but the teens he was playing against were mad and tried to fight him, but Daivion was a boxer and was apparently winning the fight. That's when someone pulled out a knife and stabbed her son.

"Over a basketball game - it's crazy what happened to him, you win some, you lose some," she said.

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According to witnesses who told Henderson, and her family, Daivion was playing a pickup game Tuesday evening at Burgess Street near Thatcher Avenue. He checked in with his mom before – to let her know.