A 52-year-old man was booked on a homicide cost late Monday after a California high college scholar was killed by a “trespasser” who entered the campus and stabbed her, officers stated.
Police late Monday introduced that Anthony Gray, 52, was arrested in reference to the dying of the 15-year-old scholar.
“Detectives believe this appears to be a random act and they are trying to determine why this student was targeted,” police stated in an announcement, including an lively investigation remained underway.
Stockton Deputy Police Chief Eric Kane stated earlier Monday {that a} suspect was in custody.
Neither the suspected motive nor the person’s relationship with the scholar was instantly clear, Kane stated at a news convention. Nor was it clear the place precisely on the college the stabbing occurred.
School District Superintendent John Ramirez Jr. recognized the person as a “trespasser.” He would not look like the mum or dad of a scholar, district spokeswoman Melinda Meza stated in an e mail.
The stabbing occurred at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School shortly after 11 a.m. when a person arrived in a car, Kane stated.
He entered the college by a gate and stabbed the lady a number of instances, Ramirez stated.
He didn’t establish the lady, who was pronounced lifeless at a neighborhood hospital.
A faculty district police officer “was right there immediately and was able to do his job and help prevent that from continuing,” Ramirez stated.
“It happened so quickly that they weren’t able to stop it, but they were able to detain him and take him into custody,” he stated.
The college, north of downtown Stockton, was positioned on lockdown, Ramirez stated.
He stated district officers have been scheduled to satisfy and re-evaluate safety protocols.