Teen Arrested After Fatal NYC Fight
Teen Arrested After Fatal NYC Fight
NEW YORK — A 13-year-old boy was charged with manslaughter for allegedly attacking another boy on a school playground who later died of his injuries, police said.
The suspect was arrested Friday in connection with the March 23 incident. His name was not released because he was being charged as a juvenile.
Guarionex Montas, 13, was playing basketball in the New York City borough of Queens when the suspect hit him on the head several times during a fight, police said.
At home, Montas was sick to his stomach in the early evening and later complained of a headache, said his uncle, Manuel Cepeda. The boy went to sleep, but a relative realized late that night that he was bleeding from his nose and mouth. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he died the next morning.
A medical examiner later determined that he died from a blow to the head.
"I know everybody says this about someone who dies, but he was the best kid," Cepeda, 40, told Newsday as the family gathered for a wake Tuesday. "He didn't have problems with anybody, with kids, with elders."
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April 1, 2007 - 3:09 a.m. EST
Copyright 2007, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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NEW YORK — A 13-year-old boy was charged with manslaughter for allegedly attacking another boy on a school playground who later died of his injuries, police said.
The suspect was arrested Friday in connection with the March 23 incident. His name was not released because he was being charged as a juvenile.
Guarionex Montas, 13, was playing basketball in the New York City borough of Queens when the suspect hit him on the head several times during a fight, police said.
At home, Montas was sick to his stomach in the early evening and later complained of a headache, said his uncle, Manuel Cepeda. The boy went to sleep, but a relative realized late that night that he was bleeding from his nose and mouth. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he died the next morning.
A medical examiner later determined that he died from a blow to the head.
"I know everybody says this about someone who dies, but he was the best kid," Cepeda, 40, told Newsday as the family gathered for a wake Tuesday. "He didn't have problems with anybody, with kids, with elders."
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April 1, 2007 - 3:09 a.m. EST
Copyright 2007, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Copyright ©2007 Cox Ohio Publishing, Dayton, Ohio, USA. All rights reserved.
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