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Topics: News, Crime, McDonalds, Food and Drink
Charisa Bossinakis
Topics: News, Crime, McDonalds, Food and Drink
A 16-year-old girl has been stabbed to death following an argument about McDonald’s Sweet 'n' Sour sauce in Washington, DC.
CBS News reported that after a night out, a group of friends decided to do the old fast food run around 2:10am.
Once they had received their order, two of the teenagers in the car began bickering about what sauces they got.
However, things turned fatal when one of the girls allegedly stabbed her friend, Naima Liggon, outside the McDonald's at the intersection of U and 14th streets Northwest.
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The teen was then transferred to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly after.
Officers proceeded to take the other teen in custody, who now faces charges of second-degree murder while armed.
Police also claim they found the teen had a knife on her at the time.
Fox 5 reported that Judge Sherri Beatty-Arthur told the court that the dispute was merely over ‘sauce’.
An attorney for the unnamed teen cited the reason for the stabbing as ‘self-defense’.
However, a prosecutor claimed that surveillance footage showed the teen had lunged toward Naima at least once.
Liggon attended Thomas Stone High School in Waldorf, where she had just begun the new school year, as per WUSA.
Principal Shanif Pearl sent a message to parents, staff and students over the weekend following the devastating news.
"This is a heartbreaking and tragic time for our school community. This is not the news a principal ever wants to share, let alone the day before we start a new school year," he said, according to the outlet.
"The impact of this senseless loss has affected our family, our friends, and our community.”
Liggon's family also provided a statement to WUSA.
“Naima was a beautiful, smart, funny, and unique young lady who loved life. She was loved and admired by so many people. Naima loved music and the arts, basketball, and she was shaping up to be a master barber. She had just been hired to work at Krispy Kreme as a doughnut specialist and was preparing to get her drivers license,” they wrote.
“The impact of this senseless loss has affected our family, our friends, and our community.
"Naima will never see her prom or her graduation. We will not get to see her graduate from college or get married or have kids.”