17-Year-Old Charged for Stabbing Murder of 15-Year-Old
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Baltimore County Police say they've charged a suspect in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old Wednesday night in Milford Mill.
Officers say they've charged 17-year-old Markel Justin Dates from Pikesville with first-degree murder. Police say Dates is being charged as an adult for the crime.
Baltimore County Police say Moses Ayele Lorenso, was stabbed at least once in the upper body after a verbal altercation lead to a physical fight.
Police say they were called to the intersection of Twin Lakes Court and Church Lane in Milford Mill for a suspected overdose just after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday night for reports of an unconscious person lying in the road. Police found a victim, 15-year-old Moses Ayele Lorenso with at least one stab wound.
"It's crazy, stuff can happen at any time. Nobody expected this to happen," said friend Ahmad Sampson.
Sampson's mom was with Moses Lorenso's parents after he died. She says they are devastated at the loss of their only son.
"Moses can't be replaced. So what do you say to a mother that's grieving? And then you have other mothers who knew Moses around here, who also grieving," said Tiffany Sampson.
Grief counselors at Lorenso's school are helping students as friends and family remember a teenager lost to senseless violence.
"Everybody want to know why. Why. Gone too soon," said Tiffany Sampson.
Police say Lorenso and Dates had been involved in an ongoing dispute when they ran into each other while walking on Twin Lakes Court. They became involved in a verbal argument, which escalated into a physical encounter, where Dates pulled out a knife and stabbed Lorenso, then fled the scene.
First responders administered first aid to Lorenso. They say the teenage boy was taken to Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The suspect, Markel Dates, is being held in the Baltimore County Detention Center without bail.
A candlelight vigil will be held Friday evening in Moses Lorenso's memory.
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