JUST IN: A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of Tessa Majors, a Barnard freshman who was killed in December 2019 in Morningside Park, New York, police and prosecutors announced.
Rashaun Weaver is facing two counts of murder in the second degree -- one count of intentional murder and the other a felony murder -- and multiple counts of robbery.Dermot F. Shea, the New York City Police Commissioner, said at a press conference he was"confident that we have the person in custody who stabbed her."
Blood evidence, smartphone evidence and the defendant’s own statements painted what Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance called a “gruesome picture.”An undated photo shows Tessa Majors, an 18-year old Barnard College student who died after she was stabbed in Morningside Park in Upper Manhattan, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2019.
An undated photo shows Tessa Majors, an 18-year old Barnard College student who died after she was stabbed in Morningside Park in Upper Manhattan, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2019.Majors, of Virginia, fought back against the three young teens who tried to rob her, police have said.A 13-year-old had previously been charged with aiding the attack and is awaiting a March trial in family court.
Vance said in the charges against the 14-year-old,"we will be very careful to safeguard all the rights he has."The 14-year-old will return to court on Feb. 19. His attorney has not responded to a request for comment from ABC News.
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