12-year-old girl charged with throwing acid at 11-year-old in playground brawl

Wayne County Attorney Kym Worthy has charged the older girl with one count each of assault and aggravated assault following an incident at a school park on July 9.

According to Deaira, who was interviewed along with her mother, Dominique FOX2DetroitShe was at the park with her siblings and cousin when she and the unnamed suspect “started fighting with each other.” “Once they were done fighting, [the other girl]He was like, “I have something for you all,” Deaira said.

That “something,” prosecutors say, was acid.

“Her mother met her at the park by the park and gave her the substance, the chemical, to throw at the kids,” Dominique claimed. “And she told the kids that if they mess with their daughter, that’s what they get.”

Despite Deaira and her family saying they fled, she realized she had forgotten her purse and went back to get it. At that point, prosecutors say the child – whom they described as a “bystander” – was “doused in acid” by the 12-year-old.

“Two seconds after it hit me, it just started to burn,” the child recalled, as her mother said, “Smoke rose from her body from head to toe and holes appeared in her clothes.”

Summers said her back, arms and legs were covered with second and third degree burns, which can be seen in the video report above. according to a GoFundMe According to a page set up by her godmother, the child spent four days in hospital and is “lucky to be alive” after the attack. She now has trouble walking and, according to her mother, “it takes maybe two hours to get dressed instead of the 20 minutes it used to be.”

According to the Wayne County Attorney’s Office, the suspect was ordered not to have contact with the victim or witnesses and will appear in court this afternoon. Per PeopleProsecutors said police are investigating whether an adult is being charged in connection with the case.

“Whoever was involved with her, I want them all arrested for what they did to my daughter,” Dominique said WXYZ. “I hope she gets what she deserves and that they all get what they deserve.”

“This is an extremely worrying series of allegations. Immediate horrible decision-making can have lifelong repercussions on others,” prosecutor Kym Worthy said. “There is no excuse for that.”