By: Las Vegas Now Staff
An after-school fight escalated into murder. This time, a teen was killed in a vicious knife attack, and Metro police are hunting for the killer behind the murder.
The young man was outside the Christ Lutheran Church near Torrey Pines and U.S. 95 when a fight turned deadly. A lot of students from nearby Garside Middle School and Western High School were walking home at the time and saw the ugly scene unfold.
The violent, after-school episode had police closing off the neighborhood, crime scene analysts following a trail of blood and a life lost feet from a church.
“I didn't see him moving at all.” Raquel Gallegos works at Christ Lutheran Church's daycare. The knife attack happened too close for comfort. “The cops had just arrived, and there was someone laying on the floor. We weren't sure who it was, and we found out later it was one of the guys that actually does community service up here.”
The teen was rushed to UMC Trauma where he later died — a senseless death over an after school scuffle.
“We don't have a real motive as to why this occurred,” said Metro Homicide Lt. Lew Roberts.
Police say a number of students saw the argument escalate, before one young person stabbed another, “During the course of the argument, our victim was stabbed. He ran across the street and stumbled into that yard over there where he fell.”
Students from nearby campuses say the violence is nothing new.
“The cops are always telling them to go home and they'll take it somewhere else around this area,” said Western High School student Crystal Clark.
Panicked parents were relieved to know their children at the church daycare avoided danger, but this deadly drama shows these acts of violence are still a community-wide problem, “If you see signs that your kid has started going down that slippery slope, then obviously there's things that you could do to address that or get some help.”
Police have talked to eyewitnesses, trying to determine if there's a history between the victim and the suspect. At last check, detectives have a suspect they're looking for.
Police have not released any specific information on the victim or the suspect, but they do say one subject is a high-school aged kid.
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