Boy, 13, arrested in fatal stabbing near Los Angeles school
Hailey Noriega, 11, and her mother Edith Torres, wait with others outside off Griffith Middle School in East Los Angeles that was on lockdown after a fifteen year old boy, who was a student at the school, was fatally stabbed earlier Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, as school was letting out.
LOS ANGELES >> A 13-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old high school student outside an East Los Angeles middle school.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials say the teenager was taken into custody at his home around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. His name was not released. It wasn’t immediately known if he has a lawyer.
The victim, a student at Garfield High School, was stabbed in the chest shortly after classes let out Friday at David Wark Griffith Middle School. He was later declared dead at a hospital.
City News Service says the victim stopped by the middle school to meet with friends.
Investigators have not identified a motive.
The school was locked down after the stabbing, and students were released to their parents in the auditorium.
