Teenage boy arrested in fatal stabbing of Phoenix 15-year-old

PHOENIX — Police in Phoenix arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the deadly stabbing of another teenager, authorities said.

The younger teen is accused of killing 15-year-old John Sanchez during an argument Tuesday in an apartment near 69th Avenue and Osborn Road around 9 p.m.

The Phoenix Police Department said the suspect was booked into jail on suspicion of second-degree murder.

He is not being charged as an adult at this time and will not be identified because of his age.

Despite a knife wound, Sanchez managed to leave the other boy’s apartment on his own, police said.

Someone in his family drove him to the hospital, where he died.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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