A 12year old has been accused by authorities of throwing acid on an 11yrs old girl, Deaira Summer at a Detroit park.
Deaira Summers, the 11-year-old suffered second-degree burns on her back, legs and arms in the July 9 attack, her mother, Dominique Summers told CNN affiliate WXYZ.
The 12-year-old girl, who was not publicly identified, was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, July 18, on one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and one count of felonious assault, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy said in a press release.
The family of Deaira Summers, the 11-year-old girl allegedly attacked with acid, told NBC affiliate WDIV the incident occurred on July 9 at a playground attached to Vernor Elementary School. Police confirmed in their statement the alleged attack occurred on July 9.
Deaira and her cousins were playing at the playground when Deaira saw a fight break out between one of her cousins and the 12-year-old girl, the family told WDIV.
After the altercation, which the family said Deaira was not involved in, Deaira returned to the playground to get her purse, according to WDIV and the family’s GoFundMe page.
Deaira’s family told WDIV the 12-year-old girl’s mother handed her a bottle filled with liquid, and the girl threw the liquid on Deaira.
“At first, it didn’t feel like it,” Deaira told WDIV. “But then, like, two seconds later, it started burning and went through my shirt, my shorts.”
“I was screaming and I was crying,” she added.
Deaira suffered second and third-degree burns on her back, arms and legs, and spent at least three days in the burn unit at the hospital, according to WDIV and the GoFundMe.
“It is going to scar her for life,” Domonique Summers, Deaira’s mother, told WDIV. “It was a traumatizing event that took place, and she’s going to remember this the rest of her life.”
Detroit Police said in a statement to TODAY.com the case was being handled by the Detroit Public Schools Police Department (DPSPD), a separate entity.