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Auburn girl, 13, killed in Syracuse stabbing
A 13-year-old girl killed in a stabbing Monday in Syracuse was from Auburn, police said.
The Syracuse Police Department on Tuesday said Naj ee Wright was stabbed to death by 16-year-old girl from Syracuse, Xomara Diaz. The 16-year-old has been charged with first-degree manslaughter and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. She is being held at a juvenile detention facility in Erie County, and the investigation is continuing.
Wright was a student at Auburn Junior High School.
Syracuse police said they responded at about 5:55 p.m. to a call of a stabbing on West Onondaga Street. Wright was taken by ambulance to Upstate University Hospital, by AMR Ambulance, where she later was pronounced dead.
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Police have identified a suspect in the killing of a 13 year old girl on the Syracuse s Near Westside.
Police Chief Kenton Buckner says the suspect was taken to a juvenile detention facility in Erie County. He’s asking for the community to help reach out to kids.
“The challenge that these kids have requires a collective response… if the parents could do it solely by themselves, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.”
On the other hand, Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens explains sometimes a lack of a better support system for raising kids and what they observe from adults is to blame for when youth react violently.