Very unfortunately and very tragically, the alleged facts in this case demanded it."
But experts who spoke to the Detroit Free Press newspaper said it was not clear whether an 11-year-old could be competent enough to face such charges.
In Michigan, prosecutors have wide discretion to charge people of any age, though the judge has some say in the process, the paper says.
But prosecutors would have to prove that a youth, in this case 11 years old, had "criminal intent".