Boy, 13, arrested in New York college student stabbing death

 

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police arrested a 13-year-old boy in connection with the murder of a college student in a Manhattan park, local media reported on Friday, rattling a city in which crime rates have plunged in recent years.

 

Tessa Majors, 18, was stabbed multiple times with a knife on Wednesday evening during a robbery while walking through Harlem's Morningside Park near her school, Barnard College, according to the New York Police Department.

Police believe there were up to three attackers.

 

Majors was able to stagger out of the park to seek help at a nearby school security booth, and was declared dead at a hospital. She was completing her first semester at the women-only college after leaving her home in Charlottesville, Virginia, to move to the city.

 

Morningside Park has long had a reputation for being unsafe and the site of numerous crimes, including murders.

 

"1 individual has been arrested & this remains an active investigation," NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said on Twitter late on Friday without providing any additional information on the identity of the person detained.

 

Police found the 13-year-old boy on Thursday while canvassing a building lobby nearby, television station CBS2, reported, citing unnamed police officials. His clothes matched the description of the suspect, and he was found carrying a knife, the station reported.

 

CBS2 and other local news channels reported that the boy, whose name has not been disclosed, confessed to police that he and two friends tried to rob Majors and stabbed her.

 

Arlene Muniz, a police spokeswoman, said she could not comment on any arrests in the case.

 

Majors played bass guitar in a band called Patient 0, which released its first album in September, according to her Instagram account.

 

Crime rates in New York City have been steadily declining, but city officials acknowledged an uptick in murders during the last months of the year.

 

(Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Daniel Wallis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-12-14

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Little sickos damm what can ya really say?poor young woman condolences to her family 

Give him, and others LIFE in prison, and make sure it is for the rest of his life, and not out in ten to do it again 

I lived in Oakland, California, from 79 t0 81, and in the last 2 months of being there 11 people were murdered on the streets within 100 metres of my apartment. I came to the conclusion that, just about invariably, if there was no money involved the perpetrator was white, while if money was involved, work it out for yourself ????

I'm sure lack of ping facilities will be quoted somewhere, though hopefully he will get through a lifetime of table tennis balls soon.

3 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Give him, and others LIFE in prison, and make sure it is for the rest of his life, and not out in ten to do it again 

Out at 18 with a clean record.

 

Edit: On second thought, will likely not be convicted.

7 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

I lived in Oakland, California, from 79 t0 81, and in the last 2 months of being there 11 people were murdered on the streets within 100 metres of my apartment. I came to the conclusion that, just about invariably, if there was no money involved the perpetrator was white, while if money was involved, work it out for yourself ????

Phantom, I bought in north Oakland and was remodeling during that time. Where were you living?

23 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Morningside Park has long had a reputation for being unsafe and the site of numerous crimes, including murders.

sad, maybe they should put big warnings for tourists and new locals

1 hour ago, justin case said:

On 12/14/2019 at 11:00 AM, rooster59 said:

Morningside Park has long had a reputation for being unsafe and the site of numerous crimes, including murders.

sad, maybe they should put big warnings for tourists and new locals

I read that it had been previously nicknamed "Muggingside Park". I recommend armed police and profiled stop and frisk.