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Students at Warren Fitzgerald High School are released from the lockout after a student was stabbed on campus on September 12, 2018 in Warren, Michigan (Max Ortiz / Detroit News via AP)
WARREN, Mich. – A 17-year-old Michigan high school student could face a murder charge after police said they had fatally stabbed a classmate over a guy they'd both been dating.
Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer said the deadly clashes between the two "heterosexual students" took place Wednesday morning in a classroom at Fitzgerald High School. A school resource officer immediately began life-saving procedures, but the 16-year-old victim was pronounced dead in a hospital about an hour later. Dwyer said the teenage suspect had used a steak knife.
"It's really a tragedy … It seems like an altercation between two students and we are investigating to determine why that happened," Dwyer said.
Dwyer said the girls knew each other and had no history of trouble. He told the Associated Press that the suspect was upset and upset when the student broke up with her and started dating the victim, which led her to attack her rival in love.
The suspect was detained at the scene and detained in the police department cell until the indictment, which could take place on Thursday. Dwyer said the suspect would likely be charged with premeditated murder in the city court.
It was not immediately clear if the suspect had a lawyer, although she could ask for one at her initial hearing. Michigan is suing 17-year-olds as adults in homicide cases.
The victim was part of the school's robotics team, student council, ran the country and played in the brass band, said Dwyer.
The school was initially locked up but the students were released later. The district said in a statement that the high school would remain closed Thursday, but that students and their parents can come during regular school hours to benefit from the support and assistance of counselors, psychologists and social workers.
School officials say they work with police and conduct an internal review that includes security procedures.
Dwyer said the school resource manager, who had been working with the department for 10 years, "did everything to save this girl."
"It was very hard not to be able to save his life," said Dwyer.
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