16-Year-Old Maryland Teen Killed Over McDonald’s Sweet ‘N Sour Sauce

According to Fox 5 DC,

After deliberating for nearly two-and-a-half hours, a D.C. Superior Court magistrate judge Sherri Beatty-Arthur decided to hold a 16-year-old girl at a secured juvenile facility in D.C. at least until her next hearing on Friday.

The teen from Waldorf, Maryland is charged with second-degree murder (as a juvenile) among multiple other serious charges, in connection with the stabbing death of another 16-year-old from Waldorf, Naima Liggon. 

A group of teenagers drove from Maryland to a party in D.C. on Saturday evening. After the party the group stopped at a 24-hour McDonald’s at the intersection of U and 14th Streets Northwest.

A dispute over sweet and sour sauce began in the vehicle that later turned violent. The group exited the car and continued the altercation outside of the McDonald’s around 2:10am. Sixteen-year-old Naima Liggon was reportedly stabbed in the abdomen and torso. Liggon was ultimately pronounced dead at Howard University Hospital.

An attorney for the teen charged claimed self-defense. They said that the teenage suspect was jumped in that fight. However, the prosecutor claimed the fight was over with when surveillance video allegedly captured that same teen suspect lunging at least once toward the victim, around the time Liggon went back to the vehicle.