11-year-old faces reckless conduct charge in stabbing of 7-year-old in Lansing

October 31, 2013 (LANSING, Ill.)

This is an update to an exclusive story Eyewitness News reported in late September.

It was on September 28 when police responded to a call of a child who had been stabbed in the head with a utility knife.

JaMarkus Lofton underwent surgery and was released from the hospital five days later.

Lofton's mother says the incident happened following a basketball game when another child pulled the knife on her child.

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