Detectives in a Northern California community are investigating what prompted a Wednesday fight between three high school students that ended with one fatally stabbing another
Cameron Gonzalez, 15, hugs fellow student Izzy Sullivan 18, while Cameron's mom, Amy Gonzalez, stands nearby after students were released from the football field following a fatal stabbing at Montgomery High School, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Santa Rosa, Calif. According to Gonzalez, her son and Izzy were in the office when a boy came in, said he had been stabbed, and then collapsed. SANTA ROSA, Calif.
The school remained closed Thursday. Principal Adam Paulson, in a message to parents, students and the school community, called the stabbing"the darkest day anyone can remember at Montgomery High," The deceased victim was identified as Jayden Jess Pienta, 16, according to Santa Rosa police. He was a junior. The victim who survived the stabbing is also a 16-year-old junior.
The Sonoma County District Attorney's Office did not immediately have a comment Thursday about the potential filing of charges. Officials had earlier said none of the campuses in the Santa Rosa City Schools District have metal detectors or police officers inside.
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