‘He was terrorized’: 16-year-old slaughters 14-year-old during fight over PlayStation, weeks after he threatened him over ‘mozzarella sticks’ offer, cops and mom say

A Florida teenager is facing criminal charges as an adult for allegedly stabbing a 14-year-old inside the group home where they both lived during a fight over a PlayStation, cops say.

Ruben Whitworth, 16, was booked and charged Thursday with second-degree murder with a weapon for the Aug. 25 killing of Jordan Dowdy, who was found fatally stabbed that Monday afternoon at a residence in the 5400 block of Northeast Third Avenue in Oakland Park, according to local police.

Dowdy’s mother told FOX and ABC affiliate WSVN that her son allegedly had problems with Whitworth in the past, which led to Dowdy being threatened, she said…

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