A 16-year-old will spend five years in juvenile detention for stabbing her friend to death in a fight over sweet-and-sour sauce.
Naima Liggon, also 16, was killed in August after a confrontation among friends at a Washington, D.C., McDonald’s turned violent. As Law&Crime previously reported, officers responded to a report of a girl seeking treatment for stab wounds at a hospital, where the victim eventually succumbed to her injuries.
The defendant, who has not been publicly named, was originally charged with murder. She took a plea deal for manslaughter in December.
Now, she has been sentenced to five years in juvenile detention — the maximum sentence available, local ABC affiliate WJLA reported. She will be released when she turns 21.
Surveillance footage played at the hearing showed three girls exiting a vehicle where a fistfight took place, WJLA reported. Naima Liggon, who had reportedly stepped in to break up the fight, was stabbed in her stomach and then her heart. The defendant reportedly admitted during a police interview that the violence was sparked by a fight over the popular condiment.