Girl, 15, fatally stabbed; 4 younger girls arrested

January 25, 2021 GMT

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities have arrested four girls, aged 12 to 14, in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl during a fight inside a Walmart store.

A 12-year-old, two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old were arrested after the older girl died at a hospital Saturday in Lake Charles, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said Sunday on Facebook.

The message said one girl was arrested on a second-degree murder charge and three on charges accusing them as principals to second-degree murder.