Overview

• The accused is in custody awaiting a judicial interim release hearing and cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
• Police report the boy believed he had killed his sibling and later admitted fabricating a story about a stranger entering the home, and officials say the brothers were alone at the time.
• Paramedics took the seven-year-old to Chinook Regional Hospital before an airlift to Stollery Children’s Hospital, where he remains in stable condition.
• Detectives executed a search warrant at the residence and seized a knife believed to have been used, with the investigation continuing.
• Lethbridge police say there is no ongoing risk to the public, and reports differ on whether the incident occurred Aug. 24 or Aug. 27.