GILLETT, Pa. — An 11-year-old boy was stabbed to death during a scuffle with a 9-year-old boy over the weekend, police said.

State police in Bradford County said the boys were playing with foam-based toys shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday at a Ridgebury Township residence when a “tug of war” ensued over a foam-based gun.

Police said the younger boy was holding a knife and cut the victim in his left upper chest during the struggle. Police classified the case as a homicide.