Perth Amboy Boy, 11, Stabbed By Fellow Student Is In Stable Condition

PERTH AMBOY, NJ — An 11-year-old boy stabbed another 11-year-old boy Wednesday afternoon in Perth Amboy, according to the office of Perth Amboy Mayor Helmin Caba.

The 11-year-old boy who was stabbed remains hospitalized at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick as of Friday morning, according to a spokeswoman for the mayor. The boy had surgery and is now in stable condition.

The two boys had gotten into a dispute earlier that day, and after dismissal the older boy, who is in sixth grade, followed the fifth grader home from Samuel E. Shull Middle School and stabbed him with a household knife.

This happened at 2:37 p.m., shortly after dismissal on Johnstone Street between Sutton and Ridgeley streets.

The older boy accused of doing the stabbing was taken into Perth Amboy Police custody Wednesday night after an investigation by the City of Perth Amboy Police Special Victims Bureau. He was charged with juvenile delinquency, said the mayor's office. Had he been an adult, the charges would include attempted murder and aggravated assault, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Ciccone.

That boy remains at the Middlesex County juvenile detention facility as of Friday, said the mayor's office.

"I want to thank the parent who aided the juvenile by flagging down our city's first responders," said Caba in a Facebook post Thursday about the incident. "The juvenile was attended to immediately by our police, fire and Hackensack Meridian EMS with lifesaving care until transferred to an area hospital."

The boy's father told News 12 his son's injuries were very serious and life threatening: His son had been stabbed twice in the abdomen and one of the veins to his heart was damaged.

If anyone has video footage and information to help, please contact Perth Amboy Detective Omar Rivera at (732) 324-3868.