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U.S. NEWS Saturday 14 december 2019

Boy, 13, arrested in killing of Barnard College freshman

By MICHAEL R. SISAK said in a statement Friday connected to Majors’ another crime, in this case ing down, with final exams
Associated Press that they “are devastated death. Police have since in- the alleged robbery, the set to begin Friday followed
NEW YORK (AP) — A by the senseless loss of our creased patrols around the people with knowledge of by a month break.
13-year-old boy has been She sang and played bass
arrested in the fatal stab- guitar in the rock band Pa-
bing of a Barnard College tient 0. In October, debut-
student in a park near the ing in New York and writing
school’s New York City on Instagram: “Safe to say
campus, two law enforce- the first NYC show went well
ment officials with knowl- ;)”
edge of the investigation Her Instagram account
said Friday. also offered glimpses into
The boy was charged with Majors’ personality and her
murder in the slaying of move from Virginia to the
18-year-old freshman Tessa big city. In one post in late
Majors and is expected to August, she wrote about
be tried as a juvenile delin- leaving home: “Peace out
quent in family court, said to the ‘ville.” In the next,
the people, who were not she was hamming it up at
authorized to speak public- Barnard: “College more
ly about the case and did like coollege.”
so on condition of anonym- Majors graduated high
ity. school in May from the
As many as three attackers private St. Anne’s-Belfield
were involved, police have School in Charlottesville,
said, and the president of where Head of School Da-
Barnard College said Ma- vid Lourie said she was “a
jors was stabbed during an shining light in our com-
armed robbery. munity, a good friend, re-
Authorities on Thursday spected classmate, trusted
questioned two people A woman walks past a make-shift memorial for Tessa Majors inside the Barnard College campus, teammate, and creative
who were later released, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, in New York. and passionate musician.”
police said. Associated Press Her father, Inman Majors,
New York police spokes- is the author of six novels
man Andrew Lava de- and an English professor at
clined comment on the beautiful and talented park and campus, which the investigation said. James Madison University in
arrest of the boy but Po- Tess.” is part of the Ivy League’s Under state law, he can Harrisonburg, Virginia.
lice Commissioner Dermot Majors was walking in Man- Columbia University. only be tried as an adult if “We are thankful for the
Shea tweeted later that hattan’s Morningside Park Mayor Bill de Blasio told he is charged with inten- incredible outpouring of
detectives “are making sig- just before 7 p.m. Wednes- WNYC Radio that he was tional murder. love and support we have
nificant progress, and we day when she was accost- “absolutely confident that Juveniles convicted in New received from across the
will have major updates to ed and stabbed during a any individuals involved in York state’s family courts country,” the family state-
announce very soon.” struggle, Chief of Detec- this terrible, heinous attack can be sent to detention ment said.
Majors, from Charlottesville, tives Rodney Harrison said. will be brought to justice facilities until they are 21 in “We would also like to ex-
Virginia, played in a rock She staggered up a stair- and will be brought to jus- many cases, and are often press our appreciation for
band in New York and had way to a nearby street, tice quickly.” released after that. the efforts of the men and
told an editor from a news- where she was spotted by The 13-year-old suspect in Majors was killed just as the women of the NYPD, who
paper internship in high a campus security guard Majors’ death is charged semester at all-women’s continue to work diligently
school that she planned to who called 911, Harrison with murder in the course of Barnard College was wind- on this case.”q
take journalism classes in said. Majors died at a hos-
college. pital.
Flowers and candles were Investigators recovered a
left at a makeshift campus knife Thursday but were linda.reijnders@cspnv.com
memorial and her family not certain whether it was