Joliet stabbing: Police investigate 6-year-old boy who stabbed and killed his 2-year-old brother with kitchen knife; DCFS notified

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) – Tragedy in Joliet after a 6-year-old boy stabbed his 2-year-old brother to death Friday night.

Investigators said they were called to a home in the 2700 block of Fairway Drive after 5 p.m. When they arrived, they found the boy with multiple stab wounds.

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According to police, the six-year-old stabbed his younger brother with a kitchen knife.

The toddler was taken to the hospital where he died.

Joliet police told us the six-year-old stabbed his brother to death with a kitchen knife.

“Everyone in this incident is a victim,” said Sergeant Dwayne English of the Joliet Police Department. “There is such a great sense of humanity in incidents like this that both the family and the individuals directly involved in this incident and frankly our officers respond. “We are human and this has definitely taken a toll on everyone involved.”

Police said it was the mother who called 911 after finding her 2-year-old son. She was in the house at the time of the stabbing but in another room, police said.

The Department of Children and Families is aware of the incident and is working with police, officials said.

Police said their department had had contact with the family in the past, but did not provide any information about what type of contact it was or who was involved.

Investigators said they were trying to find out why this happened and what led to the incident.

“We're always looking for why,” English said. “Those are answers we hope to get, but maybe never, just because of the difficulties that accompany the investigation.”