UPDATE: 13-year-old charged with murder after teen stabbed to death

CHESTER CO., SC – A 13-year-old boy is in custody charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in connection to the deadly stabbing of a 16-year-old.

Chester County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a house on  Russell Road in the Blackstock community Tuesday night.

They found the 16-year-old suffering from stab wounds. Paramedics took the teen to the hospital where he died.

Deputies took the 13-year-old suspect into custody at the house. The boy is currently being housed at The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.

There is no word what led up to the stabbing.