A 16-year-old boy is facing a murder charge in the stabbing death of another boy who lived with him at a group home in Oakland Park, a probable cause affidavit said.

Jordan Dowdy, 14, and the 16-year-old, who is a sophomore at Northeast High School, were arguing at the group home about chores on Monday afternoon. Trying to de-escalate their argument, Jordan was asked to go to his room, and the older boy continued yelling at him from the living room, the affidavit said.

The teen then pushed past multiple people to walk into Jordan’s room with a knife and ran straight toward him, the affidavit said. When Broward Sheriff’s deputies arrived about 5 p.m. at the home near the 5400 block of Northeast Third Avenue, they found Jordan with at least seven stab wounds, including in his chest.

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