One teen is lifeless and one other is in police custody following a stabbing at a highschool basketball parade on Friday.

The deadly incident happened in Mount Vernon, New York, when native police responded to a name round 4 p.m. about an altercation at a parade celebrating the current state championship victory of the Mount Vernon Excessive College Basketball crew. The parade itself was nearing the tip of its route, ABC 7 Information reported.

Arriving on the scene, officers discovered two teenage women with stab wounds and instantly started transporting them to Jacobi Medical Heart for therapy. One of many victims succumbed to her accidents on the best way and was pronounced lifeless, whereas the opposite was ultimately handled for non-life-threatening accidents. The deceased was reportedly a scholar at Davis STEAM Academy within the Mount Vernon College District, in accordance with Information 12.

Because of them being underage, the identities of the victims won't be launched to the general public at the moment.

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One teenage scholar was killed in a stabbing incident throughout a celebratory parade in Mount Vernon, New York, on Friday. Above, a representational picture of a knife.Ian Waldie/Getty Photographs

Police arrested a 15-year-old in reference to the incident. Their identification can even not be launched, nevertheless it has been reported that they face expenses of manslaughter and tried assault. A motive for the assault has not but been established.

The arrest was made in a while Friday night, following an investigation of the scene and the assessment of safety footage from the realm, ABC 7 Information reported. The division is asking any members of the general public with data related to the case to succeed in out to its Detective Division or ship texts with the letters MVPD to tip411 (847-411).

Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard's workplace introduced on Friday, through Fb, that particular person and group classes of grief and disaster counseling companies might be out there to college students all through the weekend.

"I'm devastated and utterly outraged," the mayor stated in a press release. "We started our day celebrating the greatness and success of our youth and we ended it with a younger life that has been taken by mindless and inexcusable violence. The psychological emotional and religious well being of our neighborhood particularly of our kids should be the precedence and we should come collectively. As a neighborhood our widespread unity should be the security and wholesome growth of our younger folks. Our heartfelt prayers and condolences exit to the household, buddies, and your complete neighborhood of Mount Vernon."

Neighborhood members additionally expressed shock and disgust over the incident.

"I am horrified by the entire thing, and I simply hope that the individuals who did it get caught and punished," Mount Vernon resident Lori McFarlane advised Information 12.

Newsweek reached out to the Mount Vernon Police Division for remark.