The Orange County district lawyer’s workplace has charged a Santa Ana Excessive College pupil with homicide and assault within the deadly stabbing of a 14-year-old classmate throughout a battle after college that additionally left two different college students injured.
The 15-year-old, who was not recognized as a result of he’s a minor, can also be dealing with two counts of assault with a lethal weapon for allegedly stabbing the 2 different classmates earlier this week.
The teenager and his 17-year-old brother turned themselves in to police on Wednesday, hours after the lethal incident in entrance of Santa Ana Excessive College, in accordance with authorities.
Santa Ana Police Officer Natalie Garcia mentioned the brothers have been questioned by investigators after which transported to juvenile corridor, the place they have been booked. She mentioned the 17-year-old stays in custody.
The incident occurred at 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, when Santa Ana College Cops reported a stabbing that occurred throughout a battle in entrance of Santa Ana Excessive College.
At the least three male college students, ages 14, 15 and 16, have been discovered with stab wounds and brought by paramedics to a hospital.
Prosecutors mentioned the 14-year-old boy who died was stabbed within the coronary heart and was recognized by authorities as Armando Morales of Santa Ana. His household created a GoFundMe web page to lift cash for his funeral bills.
Misael Morales wrote on the positioning that his brother was a cheerful and good child who was identified for making folks snort.
Jazmin Delgado, the sufferer’s cousin, echoed these phrases in an interview with KABC-TV.
“He was simply all the time a cheerful child and all the time liked to assist and was simply a tremendous little child,” Delgado advised the station.
Armando’s household mentioned the teenager was within the fallacious place on the fallacious time. They mentioned he was stepping in to assist his mates when he was stabbed.
What sparked the confrontation stays underneath investigation by police, who allege these concerned within the battle, with exception of the sufferer, have been affiliated with gangs.
