<p>In a shocking incident, a 12-year old boy allegedly stabbed to death a 9-year-old boy at a playground in the US state of Michigan.<br /><br />The incident took place at the playground in Kentwood, Michigan, where Michael Conner Verkerke was allegedly stabbed to death by another boy he had just met at the playground.<br /><br />Conner was playing with three other children "when one of the children, for an unknown reason, pulled out a knife and repeatedly stabbed one of the other children," a Kentwood Police Department statement said.<br /><br />Police say the attacker is 12-year-old Jamarion Lawhorn.<br /><br />A motive, if there is one, is unknown at this point, as the boys were not acquainted, according Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker.</p>.<p>Lawhorn was charged on Tuesday with murder.<br /><br />Though he will be tried in a juvenile court, it will be as an adult, Becker said, adding that his office has not yet decided whether the murder charges will be first or second degree.<br /><br />Charles Boekeloo, Lawhorn's court-appointed attorney, entered a not guilty plea on the youth's behalf.<br /><br />Police said after he was stabbed, Conner managed to run back home before he collapsed on the porch. An ambulance rushed him to a hospital, where he died Monday night.<br /><br />Lawhorn, meanwhile, "left the playground then went to a nearby residence where he asked to use the phone," Kentwood Chief of Police Thomas Hillen said.<br /><br />"I thought he was calling for his parents to come pick him up," homeowner Glen Stacy told CNN, adding that "he called 911".<br /><br />Stacy described Lawhorn as "calm and collected" throughout, and that he told the 911 dispatcher, "Hi, I just stabbed someone, please pick me up and come kill me, I want to end my life."<br /><br />The boy then calmly handed back the phone with the operator still on the line, according to Stacy, and they waited for police to arrive. "At no point did I feel threatened," he said.</p>
<p>In a shocking incident, a 12-year old boy allegedly stabbed to death a 9-year-old boy at a playground in the US state of Michigan.<br /><br />The incident took place at the playground in Kentwood, Michigan, where Michael Conner Verkerke was allegedly stabbed to death by another boy he had just met at the playground.<br /><br />Conner was playing with three other children "when one of the children, for an unknown reason, pulled out a knife and repeatedly stabbed one of the other children," a Kentwood Police Department statement said.<br /><br />Police say the attacker is 12-year-old Jamarion Lawhorn.<br /><br />A motive, if there is one, is unknown at this point, as the boys were not acquainted, according Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker.</p>.<p>Lawhorn was charged on Tuesday with murder.<br /><br />Though he will be tried in a juvenile court, it will be as an adult, Becker said, adding that his office has not yet decided whether the murder charges will be first or second degree.<br /><br />Charles Boekeloo, Lawhorn's court-appointed attorney, entered a not guilty plea on the youth's behalf.<br /><br />Police said after he was stabbed, Conner managed to run back home before he collapsed on the porch. An ambulance rushed him to a hospital, where he died Monday night.<br /><br />Lawhorn, meanwhile, "left the playground then went to a nearby residence where he asked to use the phone," Kentwood Chief of Police Thomas Hillen said.<br /><br />"I thought he was calling for his parents to come pick him up," homeowner Glen Stacy told CNN, adding that "he called 911".<br /><br />Stacy described Lawhorn as "calm and collected" throughout, and that he told the 911 dispatcher, "Hi, I just stabbed someone, please pick me up and come kill me, I want to end my life."<br /><br />The boy then calmly handed back the phone with the operator still on the line, according to Stacy, and they waited for police to arrive. "At no point did I feel threatened," he said.</p>