WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A 17-year-old Detroit-area girl accused of killing a classmate in school was laughing as she chased the victim and stabbed her in the chest and back, authorities said Friday as they filed a first-degree murder charge.
The case is “very unfortunate, all the way around,” defense attorney Mark Brown said after the hearing.
“Premeditation is abundant in this case, as simple as the fact that she brought a knife to school,” Macomb County prosecutor Eric Smith told reporters, explaining the first-degree murder charge.
“The defendant chased the victim throughout the class while this was going on. ... This was over something as simple as the victim being friends with a boy,” Smith said.
Classes resumed at Fitzgerald High for the first time since Wednesday.