Reports from the police allege that a Texas teenager has been arrested and charged with murder for fatally stabbing a fellow student in a school bathroom this week.
The accused, 18-year-old Caysen Tyler Allison, is said to have engaged in a fight with Jose Luis “Joe” Ramirez Jr. at Belton High School on Tuesday, May 3, resulting in the fatal stabbing, revealed the Belton Police Department.
Ramirez succumbed to his injuries after being taken to the hospital, while Allison was apprehended off-campus within 20 minutes of the altercation. Allison was subsequently charged with murder on Wednesday, May 4, and is currently detained in Bell County Jail with a bond set at $1 million.
Following the stabbing, the high school was placed on lockdown, and students were gradually released to their parents, according to KWTX.
Expressing her shock, parent Sarah Lopez said, “It’s too close to home. You hear it all the time, but when it actually happens at home, it’s shocking because you start thinking about the community and you think of the people you work closely with that also have children going here.”
All classes at Belton High School were canceled on Thursday, May 5.