17-year-old girl stabbed boyfriend to death while ‘horseplaying’ after grabbing knife for protection because she couldn’t find her pepper spray: Cops

Days before Christmas, a 17-year-old Florida girl is accused of killing her boyfriend by stabbing him to death as they were supposedly “horseplaying” with a knife in a parking garage. According to court documents, Jahara Malik is charged with manslaughter with a dangerous weapon in connection with the Miami death of 17-year-old Yahkeim Lollar on December 20. She is being held at the Miami-Dade County Prison on a bond of $50,000. Miami police were called to a stabbing in the parking garage at Lollar’s apartment complex in the 6100 block of Northwest Sixth Court, according to an arrest affidavit that local ABC affiliate WPLG was able to get. He was taken to a hospital by paramedics, where he passed away.

On the day in question, Malik was scheduled to go shopping with a buddy, according to the affidavit. According to the affidavit, she grabbed a knife before leaving because she couldn’t find the pepper spray she usually used for defense. She headed to the parking garage to meet Lollar when she finished her shopping. She managed to stab him in the chest when they were “horseplaying.” Malik is accused of dropping the knife in the parking garage on surveillance footage. According to reports, some of Malik’s police statement was removed from the affidavit. A few weeks later, a medical examiner declared the death to be a homicide.

Her lawyer pointed out at a bond hearing that Malik remained to provide assistance following the stabbing. According to the attorney, Malik had never been arrested before to this incident. The stabbing was unintentional, the lawyer told CBS station WFOR. According to WTVJ, an NBC affiliate, Malik will face adult charges. Darveed Lollar, the victim’s father, stated that the stabbing was unnecessary. He told WPLG, “They killed my boy by someone just playing.” They stated as much. They were having fun. Despite being aware that Malik was the murderer, the family has been angry that it took so long to get her arrested. His mother, Darveed Lollar, stated, “It’s a little bittersweet right now because they couldn’t find something to charge her with the night of when there was no question as to what happened or who done this.”