Kenosha---The 15 year-old boy who was stabbed in the chest during an altercation with another student at Bradford High School Tuesday has died. The student has never been officially identified by authorities, but social media has him as Dajuan or Dezjon Taylor.
In court Friday afternoon, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley indicated that the victim was pronounced dead at a Milwaukee hospital at about 11 Friday morning.
Graveley was in court to press charges against the defendant in the case, 15 year-old Timothy Carson. Carson was formally charged with 2nd Degree Intentional Homicide. As requested by Graveley, and over the objections of the defense, bond was set at $250,000
Even though the defendant is a juvenile, the case began in adult court because it involves a murder. The defense has the option of petitioning for a reverse waiver hearing in an attempt to put the case back into juvenile court where penalties are less harsh.
The criminal complaint that was filed Friday adds details to what's already been reported. The two boys had been feuding over a girl and that the dispute ended when Taylor went to find Carson in a study hall and then punched him in the face. Carson responded by pulling out a knife he'd been holding behind his back and stabbing Taylor in the chest.
According to the complaint, Taylor, as he stumbled backward, lost a shoe, which he picked up and tossed to a friend. As he left the room, Taylor reportedly lifted his shirt and told a teacher that he'd been stabbed. A few steps later, Taylor collapsed in a hallway.
The incident occurred just 20 feet from the office of the school resource officer, according to Graveley.
The single stab wound penetrated the right atrium of Taylor's heart. At Kenosha Hospital, Taylor had to be revived several times before being airlifted to a Milwaukee hospital.
In juvenile court on Wednesday, authorities reported that the victim was in extremely critical condition and displayed very little brain activity.
In asking for the $250,000 bond Friday, Graveley said that it was Carson who first suggested in a message to Taylor that the two meet up to fight. In addition, when the two finally met in Union Park on the city's east side about a week before the stabbing, according to the complaint, it was Carson who displayed a gun. The gun was never fired, and the boys went their separate ways without fighting.
Carson is a special education student with no prior record, according to Carson's attorney, who described the case as one of self-defense.
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