A high school student in Texas is being charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a classmate during a fight in the bathroom. According to authorities the student was taken into custody.
18-Year-Old Jose Luis Ramirez Jr. died after he was stabbed in a campus bathroom at Belton High School, about 60 miles north of Austin, police said.
Belton Police said that Caysen Tyler Allison, an 18-year-old high school senior, was charged with murder in Ramirez’s death. Allison remained jailed Wednesday evening. Jail records did not list an attorney who could on behalf of Allison.
Authorities said that Allison ran out of the school after the stabbing and was taken into custody about 20 minutes later. According to the Belton Police Department he was booked in the Bell County Jail with a $1 million bond. Police have not said what started the fight between the two teenagers.
Classes were canceled Wednesday at the school, which has about 2,500 students. On Tuesday night, hundreds of people gathered for a prayer service and balloon release for the Ramirez family, the Temple Daily Telegram reported.
Itty Henry, a Belton High School senior, said Ramirez had the ability to always make people smile.
“He always had the right jokes and everybody loved him,” Henry said. “I don’t think I can name a person that didn’t like him because he always put other people before himself.”
