On November 6th, 2023 at approximately 5:00 p.m. Newark police responded to a 911 call reporting that a 5-year-old child had been stabbed inside an apartment on the 100 block of Murray Street in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the young boy suffering from multiple wounds triggering an urgent emergency response. What's going on, you call? Where's the baby [clears throat] at? Where's the baby? How do you get up? How do you get up? >> [laughter] >> What's going What's going on? She's the one WITH THE VIOLENT HAVING A UH UH WHAT'S WHAT'S going on, baby? Go to baby. Come here. Come here. Come here. All right. He did All right, whatever. Give me your hand. Give me your hands. What's Not Not me, sir. I don't know. I'm trying to I'm trying to Relax. RELAX. RELAX. SIT UP. WHO'S THIS? Who is this? I want to see. She's 29? Portions of the body-worn camera footage have been redacted to protect the identity of the victim and to comply with privacy laws. Authorities later identified the suspect as 29-year-old Simone McGee, who was taken into custody at the scene. Is everybody else okay? Yes, there's a little boy upstairs. I She She had him some food. >> Okay. >> Right? And then she took him upstairs. And all I heard was, "Stop, Mommy. AH AH AH MOMMY, STOP." YO, how bad is it? Yo, throw the throw the BABY IN THE CAR. Who is Who is she to the to the kid? >> That's the That's the mother. She's the mother. I'm the grandmother. >> They They put boots on me. Don't move. Stop moving. Relax. Don't move. I'm not moving. They Don't move. Being recorded. Open the door Open the door. EMS IS ON SCENE. UPSTAIRS. UPSTAIRS. Coming down. Coming down with the kid. Put the kid down. Put the kid down here. Put the KID DOWN HERE. >> [screaming] >> STOP. STOP. STOP. NOT RIGHT NOW. NOT right now. 42, we got a big blood a lot of blood and a and a knife. So, I'm going to be reaching out to robbery right now. Hold on. Come on. Revive. Revive. Revive. Hi, buddy. Hi. We're getting you blankets. Just put it on him now. Thank you. Is this your pants? It's okay, baby. It's okay, baby. It's not It's not. It's okay, baby. The 5-year-old boy was rushed to University Hospital in Newark for emergency treatment. Authorities later reported that he was listed in critical but stable condition. Is she on any meds? No, she's not. She's not. Like Can we talk to her? What happened? What's going on? All I know is she's been acting crazy the last couple months now. She's been not wanting to talk, not wanting to eat. >> okay, honey? You got blood on you. Yeah, that's That's her nephew's blood. Okay. Okay. She was up there with him for so long. I was holding her down cuz she was very strong and erratic. Now, she's been acting crazy talking about somebody got boots on her. They trying to uh You know what I'm saying? All types of crazy weirdo stuff. She's been saying for a while now. And she's never been violent. You know what I'm saying? Until today. She never showed no no no signs of violence or nothing. It's just She Until today. No previous Yo, did we just put him in the back of the car? You might as well. Come here, ma'am. Come on, ma'am. You got to help get it up. Come on. Anybody else in here hurt? No. No. Just the Just the kid. 5 years old. Yo, open Open one of the doors over there. You want to put him in the back of mine? Sit down inside here. I got boots on me. >> He He was all right. He was breathing. So, they they they put him in the ambulance and took him straight directly there. Yeah, he was all right. He He had a pulse and everything. He was up He was awake. When I When I was coming in, they were taking him out. The The one with the kid, that is the kid's mom? She's the mom of the head. The little girl here is her sister. Okay. And she said nephew. So, maybe it's her nephew. That's why he Yeah, I got you. Took him upstairs, whatever. She was here doing something eating chicken or whatever that she had cooked. Went upstairs. All of a sudden, they heard, "Mommy, stop." Something of the sort. They ran upstairs and the guy took the knife away from her. So, the scene is upstairs? Scene is upstairs in the bedroom. I don't even know if I want to see that. Um do we have a name? I'll get it from them. I got to get >> All right, that that I don't have yet. Same here. I'll get it from them. Um no, I'm waiting for the other shift to have it. So, it wasn't a double? At least she came in. There's There's no confirmation But not connected to this, right? No. Okay. Okay. I thought the little girl was her cuz she has the blood, but she was holding the baby's uh Who has the Who has the the suspect? Right here. They're going to go to 480. Get the fingerprints and take her to crisis. Another while. Listen, but he She's saying, "I'm going to die." and rolling her head. And according to the mother, she was trying to make it seem like she has mental situations. Please don't take her to jail. That's the main. That she has to go. And that could be the start and that could be the start to her getting help the other way, but that one What about um Did a family member go with the kid to the hospital? They were about to go. Um I'm not sure the great-grandmother. No, I don't think nobody went. Who? The uh Ma'am. Ma'am. Is there a UMD and J? There are UMD and J. Okay. Okay. The child's grandmother was also taken into custody that night. Authorities said she was arrested on an outstanding warrant unrelated to the stabbing. As a result, she spent the night in jail while the investigation into the incident continued. So, another child All right. Um we're going to need a unit to transport We need statements from the minute that we uh transport them to the office. My magic wand. Uh we're going to have to get you one, but um Okay. So, you I'm going to go with I'm going to go with uh with Lopez. >> Where's Sammy at? Sammy's inside here. What was that? To the fifth. I mean uh to the special victims. Yeah, do do that. Uh 878. Who's the primary on this? Who are you working with? You got it. You got it. It's yours. Cuz he's upstairs. Want to Just just do it. Okay? I am What unit are you? 542. Lou, you don't mind if you don't mind if 542 becomes the primary on this while this is upstairs? All right, it's yours. Stay with him. If he's alone with a prisoner, I don't care if she's a female or not. Stay with him. He He should be pulling up in a minute. Okay. You're going to be taking the gentleman and uh means 2300 for statement. All right. No problem. And we're still waiting on crime scene to come. Do you want the continuations from everybody what they did or just the 802 from uh No, anyone does a continuation So, you got to do the Just the ones at the hospital. Just want to confirm and make sure. Otherwise, I'm going to go through my checklist the way to It It sound like she's hallucinating. She said, "I'm going to I'm going to go like this." That's why we're going to We're going to take the prints and take her to UMD. Do you want Do you want us upstairs to photograph the little the blood pattern here also? Yeah, everything. The room where the baby was at and then wherever there's Is there a lot up there? >> Yeah, there's a lot. Crime scene to take as evidence. Now, where was the knife? Where's the knife? >> The knife I have it on top of the the counter. Where was it before then? Did Did that where the officers found it? No, that's where I saw the officer put it. I don't know where it was it was at. While she was being arrested, neighbors said they were shocked by what they were seeing. Several described her as a caring mother who had never caused problems in the neighborhood. Some witnesses said that as officers led her away in handcuffs, she appeared out of it. A few even used the word possessed to describe her behavior. People in the community also pointed to her Facebook posts where she had written about loving her 5-year-old son with all her heart and called their relationship an unbreakable bond. night a 5-year-old boy in the hospital in New Jersey this after he was And making this even more heartbreaking is that tonight in police custody for this brutal attack, the boy's mother. 29-year-old Simone McGee now faces charges including first-degree attempted endangering the welfare of a child, and multiple weapons offenses. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office stated that she was experiencing a mental health breakdown at the time of the incident and confirmed she was taken to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation following her arrest. I'm praying for the family, but that is crazy. That shouldn't happen to no child at all for no type of reason. That is crazy. Everybody don't deserve kids. Everybody do not deserve kids. That's I'm sorry to hear that. There are no publicly available records indicating any prior criminal history. As the case moves through the court system, her 5-year-old son continues his recovery while the Newark community waits for further updates and answers.