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Student killed at Coral Gables High School Miami, FL

#1 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:59 am

Student killed at Coral Gables High School

By JENNIFER LEBOVICH, PATRICIA MAZZEI AND KATHLEEN McGRORY
jlebovich@MiamiHerald.com

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A helicopter's aerial shot shows a white sheet covering the body of a student who was stabbed to death in a west courtyard inside Coral Gables Senior High on Tuesday morning.

A helicopter's aerial shot shows a white sheet covering the body of a student who was stabbed to death in a west courtyard inside Coral Gables Senior High on Tuesday morning.
A student was killed at Coral Gables High School Tuesday morning, according to law enforcement and school officials.

The Miami-Dade school district confirmed the victim is a student.

A student was in custody in the stabbing death, according to a law enforcement source.

Miami-Dade police said they were conducting a death investigation at the school, 450 Bird Rd., and homicide detectives were en route.

``It has not been classified as of yet until investigators get to the scene, gather evidence and talk to witnesses,'' said Detective Bobby Williams, a Miami-Dade police spokesman.

Sharon Watson, vice president of fundraising and former president of the school's PTSA, said school administrators contacted parents of all students involved.

``If you have not heard anything -- even from your child -- everything's OK,'' said Watson, speaking to The Miami Herald from the school's parking lot.

Watson learned about the stabbing from her daughter, Shannon, a senior at Coral Gables who texted her mother to tell her the school was on lockdown -- and then that there had been a stabbing and a fatality.

``I'm in a state of absolute shock that something like this would happen,'' said Watson, whose son graduated from the school in 2008. ``It's a safe school; it's in a good area. The administration is on top of things.

``There's not a single day I haven't been comfortable sending my child to school.''

The school went on lockdown following the 9:13 a.m. call.

Watson advised parents to stay home, since students are not being released from the school yet.

However, the school district is making arrangements for parents who want to pick up their children to do so near the school's baseball diamond.

An overhead shot from a helicopter showed what appeared to be a body covered by a white sheet in the courtyard.

Frantic parents rushed to the school Tuesday morning, leaving cars haphazardly on the side streets, and running to the building crying.

Tom Harley, who lives near the school and has a daughter in the ninth grade, saw helicopters flying overhead Tuesday morning and wondered what had happened.

A few minutes later, he got a text message from his daughter, Elizabeth.

``She texted they're under lockdown,'' he said. ``Until we heard from her, definitely we were concerned.''

Officials at the school could not immediately say what occurred at the school, but said several units were responding.

``It's a crime scene, I don't have any other information,'' said Division Chief Hope Gibbs with Coral Gables Fire Rescue.
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#2 Postby Lurker » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:30 am

Very tragic. Thoughts and prayers for the family and school.
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#3 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:36 am

It's not shocking but it's surprising because as many us know, Coral Gables is a wealthy neighborhood in Miami and it shows that these things happen everywhere. I always avoided any fights in high school and my school (Braddock Sr. High) was known as a bad school but while I was there nothing happened. My prayers to the families of both students involved.
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Re: Student killed at Coral Gables High School Miami, FL

#4 Postby Frank2 » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:06 pm

Yes, we were talking about this earlier (I went to Killian many moons ago, but some of my old middle school classmates did end up at Gables)...

Columbine was proof that no school is exempt from campus violence, since even schools in the best areas are still victims of crime, since it's not the area or the school itself, but what's inside a person that makes all the difference...

The sad thing here is that some Mother's or Father's child went to school this morning, but won't be coming home this afternoon - may God comfort those who are learning of their child's death...

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#5 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:08 pm

Sep 15, 2009 3:05 pm US/Eastern
Gables High Students Stunned At Stabbing Death

CORAL GABLES (CBS4) ― Shock and disbelief rippled through the student body of Coral Gables Senior High Monday moring after one of their classmates was stabbed to death in an outdoor courtyard.

"I saw everything," said Felix Cedeno. "I was on my way to the rest room when I saw the commotion happen."

Cedeno said the two teens, one whom has been identified as 17-year old Juan Carlos Rivera, were pushing each other until things took a deadly turn.

"One student pulled out a knife, I don't know whether it was a switchblade or a box cutter, and he stabbed the victim three times. One wounded was on the chest, another wound around the collar bone and one right behind the kidney," said Cedeno.

The teen with the knife, realizing the seriousness of his actions, hesitated a moment before running away.

"He backed off, he looked at him with an angry face and then he ran off toward the Riviera Drive," said Cedeno.

Cedeno said he was stunned that this type of violence was happening in the courtyard outside the cafeteria of his school.

"As soon as the victim fell on the floor, there was a crowd around him, and I went to go to him then because no one was doing anything, everyone was watching," said Cedeno. "I saw the guy bleeding, I saw a guy in pain holding his chest and as soon as he fell to the ground I ran over to help him as soon as I could, calling 911."

Cedeno said Rivera, who was bleeding profusely from his wounds, didn't say a word.

"It was like watching a movie but actually knowing that you are in it," said Cedeno.

Cedeno said he didn't know either of the teens or remembers seeing them around school. He said images from the teen's death will stay with him for a lifetime.

Police have not released the name of Rivera's suspected killer who they have in custody; charges against him are pending.
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#6 Postby vbhoutex » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:40 pm

What a tragedy. Prayers going out especially for the families involved and for all the students and faculty at the school.
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#7 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:43 pm

It's now known that the victim is Cuban, came to the United States about 10 months ago and lived with his grandmother and uncle. Mother is in Cuba and father lives in Spain.
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#8 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:35 pm

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An unidentified teen is taken into Miami-Dade police headquarters for questioning after being taken from the area of Coral Gables High School following Tuesday's stabbing incident.

Link: http://cbs4.com/local/Coral.gables.high.2.1184622.html
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#9 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:26 am

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The victim, Juan Carlos Rivera

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The assailant, Andy Jesús Rodríguez
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#10 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:37 am

Congresswoman Helping Family of Slain Gables Teen

CORAL GABLES (CBS4) ― Family members of 17-year-old Juan Carlos Rivera, the 10th grade boy who was fatally stabbed at Coral Gables High, are meeting with U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Wednesday.

Ros-Lehtinen and others in Washington are helping to arrange a humanitarian visa for Rivera's mother who lives in Havana, Cuba. Her family in Miami says she is needed here during this family tragedy. They want her here for her son's funeral and the trial of the teen accused of killing him. But it won't be easy getting her here because she's a doctor in Cuba.

"The Cuban government has to cooperate and authorize her exit because she's a Cuban doctor," according to Congressional Aide Ariel Fernandez.

CBS4 News contacted Rivera's mother in Cuba, but she was too distraught to comment.

Rivera's father lives in Spain, where Rivera lived until recently.

His cousin Laura Peinado said Rivera moved to Miami about four months ago to live with his grandmother and uncle.

Rivera was stabbed to death during a fight Tuesday in a school courtyard, authorities said.

His alleged attacker, 17-year-old Andy Jesus Rodriguez, was taken into custody immediately after the stabbing and has been charged with second-degree murder, according to an arrest affidavit.

Miami-Dade School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the fight happened sometime after 9 a.m. as students moved from first- to second-period classes. He could not say what the two students were arguing about but witnesses said it may have been over a girl.

According to the police report, both teens were walking down a hallway Tuesday when they intentionally bumped into each other and began to fight. At some point, Rodriguez reportedly threw Rivera to floor and stabbed him several times. Officers reported finding a switchblade knife on Rodriguez when he was arrested.
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#11 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:44 am

Click here to read the arrest Affidavit

It says that the assailant was charged with second degree murder but I heard in the radio today that it was first degree and no bail.
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