Teen sentenced for fatally stabbing 16-year-old in fight over sweet-and-sour sauce

WASHINGTON (TCD) -- A 16-year-old girl was sentenced this week for stabbing her friend last year during an argument over McDonald’s sweet-and-sour sauce.

WUSA-TV reports a judge ordered the teenager, who remained unnamed, to stay in custody of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services until she is 21, which is the maximum sentence she could have received. She pleaded guilty in December to voluntary manslaughter while armed and carrying a dangerous weapon.

In the early morning hours of Aug. 27, 2023, Metropolitan D.C. Police Department officers responded to a hospital regarding a juvenile needing treatment due to stab wounds. The victim, 16-year-old Naima Liggon, died from her injuries. The same day, investigators arrested the suspect on a charge of second-degree murder while armed.

The suspect reportedly had a knife in her possession when she was arrested.

According to WTOP-TV, Liggon, the suspect, and three others drove into Washington, D.C. from Maryland to attend a party. Afterward, they went to McDonald’s on 14th and U streets. The teens were inside a car and got into a fight. The teen suspect reportedly said Liggon and another passenger beat her up, so she stabbed Liggon in self-defense.

WUSA reports Liggon was stabbed in the chest and abdomen with a 7 1/2-inch knife.

The teen reportedly told police after the stabbing that the fight was "about the sauce," saying, "I asked for more sauce and she had an attitude."

The suspect reportedly told a friend in a text, "They shouldn’t have jumped me, IDGAF."

Liggon’s father, Wylace Liggon, reportedly said at the sentencing, "I believe a form of justice was formed today, but not justice at all because we still don’t have her."

The teen suspect also spoke and said, "I would have changed everything if I could go back to that day."

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