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A nine-year-old boy was stabbed and killed in the early hours of Saturday morning in Morningside Heights after what his family says was a fight over a video game.

According to the boy’s mother, Anthony was visiting his uncle and while the uncle was asleep, the boy was stabbed.

The boy’s uncle told reporters the boy knocked on his bedroom door at 3:30 a.m. saying he had been stabbed, and then collapsed.

The little boy, Anthony Maldonado of Palisades Park, NJ, was found by police in a sixth floor apartment at 75 LaSalle St., in the Ulysses S. Grant Houses project.

Police say he had suffered a stab wound to the chest and was rushed to St Luke’s Hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead at 4:19am.

Police have arrested 25-year-old Alejandro Morales, who lived with the uncle, for the stabbing. 

Morales was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

From The New York Daily News

“Anthony was playing … on PlayStation when his friend came and stabbed him,” said the boy’s distraught grandfather, Antonio Juela, 59. “My grandson died over a video game.”

Police said Anthony was stabbed several times. A relative said his face had also been slashed and that he had bruises on his arms – perhaps indicating a struggle before the stabbing.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PurpleFlames/ PurpleFlames

    1) I’m sorry that this kid had to lose his life to some worthless piece of s**t, and I hope that said POS gets locked up under the prison for the rest of his miserable life.

    2) I read about this story on another site, and NewsOne is leaving out a lot of details, like that the killer had a criminal record, and the kid was left alone with this guy while they were asleep, among other things. I wanna know what the parents were thinking to let this guy get within a mile of their child.

    Whatever the cause is, I can almost guarantee you that a video game wasn’t the catalyst for the murder, but I guess the words ‘video game” help give the story more pop.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/murda_ya_wallz/ murda_ya_wallz

    I read these News 1 blogs all the time. People jump on commenting about things that happens in singers,actors,rappers,ect… lives,but no 1 commented on this. Not even a “so sad” as I usually see when they talk about non-sence such as who Lil weezy banging. I dont usually comment on blogs, but this hurts, to see a child so young lose his life over sum pure BS. My heart goes out to his family.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/UnrestricKtedDreamz/ UnrestricKtedDreamz

    wow…are you kidding me? WTH is wrong with people?? 25 yrs old and you stab a 9 yr old over a damn video game??? I’m so mad…like for real!! That really hurts my heart…ugh!!!@ people!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrWantSomeNewBooty/ MrWantSomeNewBooty

    This is a very sad and tragic story and as a single parent it really hits close to home. My teenage son who has a slight mental disability plays video games with a 9 yr old friend that comes over and I could never imagine in a million years anything like that happening in my dwelling. It just goes to show that there are some sick people in this world.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Asia_Lady/ Asia_Lady

    Wow….. Seriously over a video game that is beyond. A 25 yr old man murdering a child. He deserves all thats coming to him….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/masculine31/ masculine31

    Wowerz @the 25yr old stabbing the nine yr old…Complete bullshyt!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MonsterSlanga/ MonsterSlanga

    this is a sad story what is this world coming to when a grown man stabs a nine year old who was prob kickin his AZZ in whatever game they was playing i seriously pray for the family this is a sad way to start the new year

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/babyraga/ babyraga

    and the “Experts” try and tell us video games don’t cause increased agression…Pleeease…We are living a joke in this country in this day and age…EVERYONE NEEDS TO WAKE THE FAK UP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/makeherwett870/ makeherwett870

    Last year in my town a female’s boyfriend killed her child while she watched. Prompt the question what kind of mother even if she is fearing for her life would sit back and watch a man kill her child? Another guy in 2007 raped and murdered a 2 years old girl. That hurt the whole town everyone wanted to get him but in prion his first day there he got a broom stick stuck in his butt, oh well. i hate when people neglect and hurt children. i love kids but you know what that what kind of world we live in.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hipswang/ hipswang

    I bet he got stabbed (in the PROJECTS, LAND OF NO HOME TRAINING) not bcuz of the game but becuz of DRUGS… I hope they kill this man asap – legitimately or illegitmately- crush his skull w/a heavy object but very slowly. f**k him

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kaikai7/ kaikai7

    I don’t know where this story came from but I live in NY and saw it on the news this morning! I thought an adult relative or man residing in the apt who was mentally disturbed stabbed and killed the little boy! They said that it was not over a video game.Apparently person watching child or other family member left apt to go to store and stabbing occured during that time! Whyt would you leave a child that your supposed to be watching alone with a relative that you know is mentally disturbed?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HOTNWETLIPZ/ HOTNWETLIPZ

    This is sad and beyond a tragedy. How can a 25 year old seriously stab a child. This man deserves to be dealt with. Video games do develop agression, and anger and it is a shame that this happened. TO me the uncle needs to be held responsible as well, if he was watching the child instead of leaving the child with some stupid idiot, that is dumb and heartless enough to hurt a child. This breaks my heart, and prayers go out to the little boys family. What a horrible way to start the new year.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TakenStepsForward/ TakenStepsForward

    This is sad. What is the world comming to?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/truthserumX/ truthserumX

    Sad. Ridiculous. Outrageous. Heartbreaking. What can I say, words don’t do the pain justice, RIP lil’ man. God’s taken you home.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexyMoneyMaker/ SexyMoneyMaker

    Damn thats just horrible another story about something happening to a child, its sad when anybody dies espcially this way, but the kids cant tell whats right or wrong, damn sure cant fend for themselves. Dudes go in about the vid games– i`ve seen grown men beat the shhhh out of one another over who won or lost.

    People are jusy f’king crazy R-I-P from http://www.swaggtalk100.net

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/riese2208/ riese2208

    This is the most dumbest thing to do. killing a nine year old child over a stupid game? the 25 year old should of been sleeping or something….he’s gonna suffer big time. why people still killing each other? just wait til jesus come back..he’ll show us all.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    @babyraga a 25 year old should be old enough to know that killing a 9 year old is wrong plain and simple. But this is sum sad sh!t man. Dude needs to get the death sentence for this foolishness.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Johny_Thomes/ Johny_Thomes

    lol…. riese2208 are you serious? wait till Jesus comes back? “Jesus” is a level of consciousness within.
    Nobody is gonna come over to “save” us, otherwise we wouldn’t be here in the first place. If God created us so he himself has to engineer a person to solve our mess, she’d better saved himself from a lot of work and didn’t create us in the first place. Thinking someone will come over to save us is denial of our own God given powers and responsibilities. No offense tho, really!! I know your intent is beautiful and pure and that reflects who you are.
    I know I’ll get a lot of respond cause I’m a white man talking about responsibilities etc…. but I’m a white man, an individual, I am not the entire white race.

    My comment on the article….. put him in the middle of the dessert in the hot sun, tied up in a sitting position, and with his ass on top of a coke bottle. Leave him there, he doesn’t deserve any better

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/streetdaze/ streetdaze

    dude 25 years old and stabbed the little kid cause he beating him on street fighter . come on now, mofos done lost their minds. I would be mad a little kid beating me, but i aint going kill the dude damnnnnnnnn. something aint right with this story man , more to this than some damn video game. he might have molested the little kid and the kid was going to tell ,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gado86/ Gado86

    @babyraga
    you must wake up as well. one the reports never said what type of game he was playing. I refuse to believe that tetris would make anyone angry. Furthermore, if you messed up enough to kill a little kid over a game, you would kill the kid over anything. So what we shouldn’t get our kids toys or anything because of what some crazy person might do. The truth of the matter is, this is some psycho, that killed an innocent kid. Don;t blame the game for that

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BaNgInHiPsJuIcYlIpS/ BaNgInHiPsJuIcYlIpS

    this is so sad,,no matter what color u are where u come from a child is innocent,,and it was exactly that he was a child. when will adults realize these are just games for a video game system,,,,some have to grow up,,my heart goes ot the the family,,,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Simmy_Sezz/ Simmy_Sezz

    In DC not to far from where I stayed, a woman killed all four of her daughters and left them in there bedrooms for 7 months?!?!?!?! You can imagine the stench that emitted from that house. I found the article. It makes you wonder what the world is coming to. She is sentenced to 120 yrs…
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121803806.html?hpid=moreheadlines

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sinfanie/ sinfanie

    God Bless u baby boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tears Of Pain

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Clayton_Powell/ Clayton_Powell

    peace Gado, that was real talk…i jus wanted to build real quick on jus how we as human beings is twisted and confused to begin with, idky we find all these things to blame violence on. People, including children, have been getting killed for centuries. Some people are jus timebombs waiting to go off. RIP kid. – myspace/hystwise

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/-Kostco-/ -Kostco-

    wow thats crazy. this is sad man. over a video game

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/A_Christina/ A_Christina

    My little brother is 9 and if somebody stabbed him I’d be in jail for killing them. What kind of person stabs a little kid?? That’s sick as hell.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lachocolate69/ lachocolate69

    Wow…what the f**k is wrong with these people on this planet. I’m sorry to say this, but God worst mistake was making humans. I know not everyone is bad, but damn I wish I wouldn’t have to hear senseless killings like this. WTF????? This is crazy, why would he do that…and I don’t think it was over a game…it was probably this dude was just psycho. HE DESERVES THE F**KING DEATH PENALTY!!!!!!

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/misslyricist/ misslyricist

    Alot of these video games create alot of aggression in kids. Kids up at 330a playing games. People not monitoring what they do. Not saying the uncle could have prevented it but we really have to get back to setting rules with kids. No you can’t stay up all times of the night doing whatever.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/vasco5/ vasco5

    not even the kids are safe!wow.most of these killers preys on selfish materialistic things that they have or not.there’s no balance in the world for it.look around us if its not family or things for us there is no happiness.what happen to the joy seeing wat food nature provide for us,it weigh out,cause to get it you must have money to get from the store,worst when there’s lest and just bricks and concrete walls and babies keep populating like crazy,there’s no balance

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/FocusedIn07/ FocusedIn07

    There are no words—this is beyond heartbreaking.

    God please be with the family and friends during this extremely tragic ordeal. I pray the person behind this is brought to justice and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/UNeek_t_11/ UNeek_t_11

    I just don’t understand?
    Its just sad…it really is
    All these children dying is beyond me, beyond any “excuse”
    Stuff like this makes me afraid to bring children into this world, you cant keep them sheltered? But how do you protect them…..?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/0VancouverHurts/ 0VancouverHurts

    what a way to bring in da new year, i knew i would be hearing another crazy story soon! smh

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    If video games are creating that much aggression in children/people..then the parents need to do better if their childrens minds are THAT WEAK.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/8shameeka/ 8shameeka

    I’m very sorry for his family loss may God eazy the pain in they hearts and clear away the tears they cry he is gone from them in body but he will see them again on judgement day it is not easy one bit to say fare well to a family member anyday but it hurt’s a mother to her soul when the child she gave life to is gone she will miss him more and more everyday and will cry out lord why me

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/8shameeka/ 8shameeka

    I cry cause that fool took a chlid life but I cry more cause that child don’t live that long to enjoy his life Lord this world done really gone crazy so I was thinking maybe you can come back and save this world so people can stop going crazy and maybe for onces in our lives we can live in peace with out having fear in our heart Dear.Lord this is what I pray tonight cause we really need it tonight

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nmryda/ nmryda

    WTF?! Was the kid beatin’ his ass in Tekken or somethin’?! WTF possesses a GROWN ASS 25 YEAR OLD MAN to stab a 9 year old kid?! That’s just plain despicable! I don’t even know what to say ’cause this is soooo ridiculous….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kwadone/ kwadone

    DON’T KNOW HOW tO EXSPRESS MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS ONE, I MAKE RECOREDS, AND THIS IS THE KIND OF TRAGIC THAT I WRITE ABOUT IN MY SONGS, HOPING PEOPLE ARE , AND WILL BECOME AWARE OF WHATS AROUND THEM AND THERE PRECIOUS CHILDREN, CAUSE THEY CAN PERISH IN A HEART BEAT, JUST LIKE THAT, AS WE ARE SEEING IT HAPPEND ALL THE TIME…… I

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2THEWORLD/ 2THEWORLD

    What kind of man even argues whith a child, more or less kills one? Wish I really knew how to verbalize my feelings riht now, trying hard not to allow anger to swell.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lovelyldylv6/ lovelyldylv6

    @misslyricist…What do the kid been up at 3:30am have to do with the adult stabbing him after all this suppose to be two weeks out of school vacation. The kid was in the company of this 25 year old fully adult who hurt him. I hope he gets the death penalty. A 25 year old man who have to use a weapon on a 9 year old child shows no humanity.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sojaonamission/ sojaonamission

    25 yrs old stabbing a 9 yrs old, wow. I really think it was more that the video game. 25yr old had to be on something. I’m sure they playing the game, but that can’t be why he got stabbed, it goes a little deeper. Prayers to the family of that lil boy.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Peter_Manne/ Peter_Manne

    That some mess up stuff…for real :(

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    I hope they fry his a$$ for killing that lil boy and this is so sad. My prayers go out to his family.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/3iiiE/ 3iiiE

    what is this world coming to?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    all these low lifes

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/alishakel/ alishakel
  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kris_87/ Kris_87

    so sad…esp if you scroll through the pics

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_Queen09/ Black_Queen09

    FIRST OF ALL MY HEART AND SOUL GOES OUT THIS FAMILY DURING THEIR GREAT LOST… FOR WORDS COULD NEVER BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THEIR PAIN RIGHT NOW… MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT THEY CAN FIND COMFORT IN GOD… FOR GOD NEVER FAILS US WHEN WE ARE HURTING CAUSE HE FEELS OUR PAIN RIGHT ALONE WITH US… THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REMINDER TO US OF WHAT THIS WORLD HAS REALLY BECAME… A WORLD ON A FAST TRACK TO HELL… WHERE LIFE MEANS NOTHING… IT’S OH SO SAD THAT WE HAVE REALLY CAME TO THIS POINT… “OUR CHILDREN IS THE SEED OF GOD”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mz_Jae23/ Mz_Jae23

    That is so sad. I have a 9yr old daughter and I would catch a case if anyone ever layed a hand on her….I hope the bastard burns in hell but not before he is someones b***h in prison;)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sweet_amazon_honey/ sweet_amazon_honey

    I swear when he goes to jail, someone should put $1000 on the books and make that bastard a memory! I beat the shyte out of a woman for touching my daughter…I can’t even begin to imagine this situation. That poor baby…his poor family!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    The mutherfrker who killed this child deserves to fry and I hope they show him no fu cken mercy pos wtf is wrong with some of these young men/women in this world dam….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/G-WIN/ G-WIN

    talk about dum now he got life in jail killing a nine yr old boy over a dora expora video game.

    how stupit this guy ((25 yr old)) dummy be

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/G-WIN/ G-WIN

    mr maldonado is going to be raped in jail when they find out he killed a 9
    yr old boy over a blue clue video game.

    guy azz man need to grow up but now he going to be someone be och in jail
    now

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DIAMONDPRINCESS1979/ DIAMONDPRINCESS1979

    Damn we lost are children from crazy crimes and people that don’t give a f**k. and when some parents that lost there child that are innocent don’t get chances of life its sad no one care any more and over a video game that crazy.and everybody say the world is coming to a end NO we as people is bringing it to a end

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PrIncessesAreI/ PrIncessesAreI

    Dear God that brings tears

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/moniQTee/ moniQTee

    PEOPLE ARE SO COLD AND HEARTLESS. MY GOODNESS. THIS POOR BABY. HE NEVER COULD HAVE DONE A THING SO SMALL AND HELPLESS TO DESERVE THIS. I AM HEARTBROKEN FOR THIS FAMILY. MY HEART WEEPS FOR THIS CHILD.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mz-Shira/ Mz-Shira

    That story is so sad, how could someone do something like that to a child or to anybody. How could a child make you that mad that you would want to put them through all that pain. You took this child from this world, family and friends because of a video game… really. People are killing for nothing now a days…but really if you think about it what is killing someone going to do for you your family and that persons family but bring pain. I hope that they give him the max. My heart and prayers goes out to Anthony’s family and friends. Only God can get them through this hard time.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shequitta123/ shequitta123

    damn ppl in dis world is very crazy, everytime i read about sum thing like this make me very mad, ill neva trust any1 around my baby. i hope he neva get outta jail

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LJSPACEMAN/ LJSPACEMAN

    I’ll except most comments , but the kids playing violent video games turns them into violent adults is bull-****.A video game is no different than any other form of entertainment.Parents can read the label and decide what to buy , now they they even have v-chip technology where a parent can set what types of of games can be played and for how long.

    Lets stop blaming stuff and except some people really are f’up in the head , and this is another case of a ticking time bomb given a chance.Some of the blame got to go with the brothers , their were two why didn’t one stay behind.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/228SOUTHBOYGPT/ 228SOUTHBOYGPT

    WHAT GAME WAS IT LET ME GUESS (GRAND THEFT AUTO) THEY DO ALOT OF STABBIN IN THE GAME SO I GUESS THE BOY THOUGH HE COULD STAB THE CHILD. THATS JUST A DAM SHAME A KID LOST HIS LIFE OVER A DAM GAME. i hope someone shank his b***h ass in prison

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2good2bsingle/ 2good2bsingle

    @ someone here (not saying who) -> Illiteracy is nothing nice! It truly gives me a migraine to try and decipher the garble that spews from some who leave comments at these BP-Related pages. (and I mean that in the nicest possible way) ;-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2good2bsingle/ 2good2bsingle

    And for the record, I HATE Grand Theft Auto! It sickens me to know that there are MANY idiots out here who buy games like that for their kids to play! (there’s a REASON for that ‘Parental Advisory’ sticker, Jack-@$$es!!) Also.. No. Video Games ARE NOT the SOLE CAUSE of the problems (violence) we have 2day. But.. It also SHOULD NOT be ignored either. It’s a HUGE PART of the problem! Along with 2day’s (c)rap music, music videos & other sources. People.. We cannot simply dismiss a problem or sweep it under the rug simply because it does not stem from ONE SOURCE!! We need to ATTACK ALL SOURCES!! Start at home! By monitoring what our kids are doing, what games they are playing, what TV programs they are watching, and things like that. [This has been another Public Service Announcement] ;-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    I have to agree with those who say they need to fry his a$$…no trail or nothing just fry his a$$.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BABYURL33/ BABYURL33

    IM SPEECHLESS I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THIS LIL BOYS FAMILY…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/I_Like_Thugz/ I_Like_Thugz

    all people that harm or kill children should be put to death. period.

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