'I felt like killing': Chilling confession of the 27-year-old who 'stabbed his 12-year-old half-brother to death at the family home'
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A 27-year-old Arizona man accused of fatally stabbing his 12-year-old half-brother reportedly told police he 'felt like killing.'
Phoenix Police Sgt. Steve Martos says Andrew Ward called 911 from a convenience store near the north Phoenix home where Austin Tapia suffered multiple stab wounds late Wednesday.
Martos says Ward told the dispatcher he had stabbed someone, and officers found Ward with blood on his hands and clothing and a knife in a pants pocket.

Murderer: Andrew Ward told police he 'just felt like killing' when he stabbed his 12-year-old half-brother

Mystery: Police still don't know what triggered the stabbing that claimed a 12-year-old boy's life at this Phoenix home
Martos says detectives asked Ward why he killed the boy, and Ward said, 'Honestly, I just felt like killing.'
Martos says other family members had gone to dinner so Ward and the boy were the only ones home.
Ward was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder and child abuse. Martos says he doesn't know if Ward has an attorney.
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ShareAuthorities were called to the home at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday after the suspect called 911 from a convenience store around the corner.
Upon arriving at the scene officers discovered the 12-year-old's body with multiple stab wounds.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
The half-brothers were the only people present in the house at the time of the crime, the family having gone off to dinner.

Emergency: The victim's older half-brother called authorities from this convenience store, where he was later arrested
'They had actually asked the 12-year-old boy if he wanted to go with them to dinner and he decided not to. He wanted to remain at home,' Sgt. Steve Martos told My Fox Phoenix.
'They went to dinner and when they returned is when they found officers on-scene. And obviously they have been informed this 12-year-old has died.'
When the family returned, they found their home cut-off from the block with crime scene tape and police cars.
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