Arizona Man Stabs A Teen Listening To Rap To Death Because He Didn't Feel Safe

Arizona Man Fatally Stabbed A Teen Boy Listening To A Rap Song

• An Arizona man was arrested after he fatally stabbed a boy listening to a rap song last week.
• The encounter happened last Thursday at a Circle K in Peoria.
• A man, Michael Adams, 27, walked up to a 17-year-old boy, who was listening to rap music and stabbed him in the throat.
• He said that the teen had done nothing to provoke him and he attacked him to prevent the probable attack which he had faced previously from the people listening to rap.
• Adams has been held in a Maricopa County jail with a $1 million cash bond.

An Arizona man was arrested after he fatally stabbed a boy listening to a rap song last week. The man told police that he felt threatened by the teen's music choice.

Police reported that the defendant told them the encounter happened last Thursday at a Circle K in Peoria, around a 25-minute drive northwest of Phoenix.

According to the witnesses, the man, Michael Adams, 27, walked up to a 17-year-old boy, who was listening to rap music and stabbed him in the throat. The teen, Elijah Al-Amin reportedly stumbled outside the Circle K before succ u mbing to death.

According to Fox News, Adams told police he felt "unsafe" by the teen's choice of music. He also said he had been attacked previously by the people listening to rap. He went on saying the teen had done nothing to provoke him and he attacked him to prevent the probable attack.

Meanwhile, the Arizona Department of Correction said Adam was released from jail just a couple of days before the attack. His attorney told his client has a history of mental illness and was released from the prison without any medication.

Adams has been held in a Maricopa County jail with a $1 million cash bond. He is scheduled to appear in court next on July 15.