The shattered family of a 14-year-old boy stabbed to death at a Queens McDonald’s says the young age of his accused attackers is no excuse for the brutal crime.
Police have so far arrested two boys, ages 14 and 16, in connection with Julian Corniell’s Valentine’s Day killing. The older of the two suspects, who was arrested Thursday, faces murder charges.
“I feel like being 16 is sometimes a cop-out. Being young is a cop-out,” said the victim’s aunt, Sheila Corniell, 40. “We can say that boys will be boys till we’re blue in the face, but doesn’t that mean fists? That doesn’t mean weapons.”…