High School Student Charged with Murder in Stabbing Death of 14-year-old Santa Ana Boy at Santa Ana High School
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A teenager has been charged with murder for stabbing his 14-year-old Santa Ana High School classmate to death just after school ended Wednesday afternoon. The teenager has also been charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon for stabbing two other classmates.
Per Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 827 and 828, the District Attorney’s Office is prohibited from disclosing the name of juveniles involved in criminal investigations or discussing juvenile investigations with the exception of offenses which are deemed to be public offenses under California law. Murder and assault with a deadly weapon have been deemed public offenses under California law.
Officers were called to Santa Ana High School shortly after 3 p.m. after several teenagers were involved in an altercation in a parking lot shared with Martin R. Heninger Elementary School. Three teenagers were stabbed, including a 14-year-old boy who died after being stabbed in the heart. The other two victims are expected to survive.
No other details regarding the investigation will be released at this time per Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 827 and 828.
