Kansas City man charged for allegedly stabbing grandson, says argument over donut caused him to 'snap'
10/04/2017 3:46 pm PDT
By Andrew Lynch and John Pepitone, WDAF
RAYTOWN, Mo. -- (WDAF) -- Prosecutors charged a 67-year-old man with domestic assault and armed criminal action hours after authorities say he stabbed his 12-year-old grandson. Court documents show that Jose Ortega told investigators he and his grandson argued over a donut and he stabbed him after he "snapped."
The charging document also says that Ortega grabbed him by the neck and threw the boy to the ground before he stabbed him in the arm.
Paramedics rushed the boy to Children's Mercy Hospital Tuesday morning from East 79th Street and Hunter Avenue. Police found a 10-inch blade with apparent blood on it in the driveway of the victim's home, and blood smeared on a storm door of the home.
Banging on the door woke up neighbors just after 7 a.m., after the boy ran across the street looking for someone to help him.
"All I could understand from him was him and his grandpa was joking around," said Dana Payne, a neighbor who helped the boy. "He was getting ready for school. Then his grandpa started calling him a liar, something about Google Maps and he just reached for a butcher knife and stabbed him."
Payne brought the 12-year-old boy into her house to find him cradling his arm in a cloth. She says his forearm had been stabbed all the way through with a butcher knife.
Payne says the boy explained that his grandfather had attacked him, but he didn't understand why. Her daughter, Courtney, says the boy repeatedly asked, "Why did my grandpa try to kill me?"