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Prosecutor tells jury that teen's killing at track meet was murder, not self-defense

Headline from East Idaho News

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday told jurors that a Texas teenager competing at a high school track meet provoked a 17-year-old boy from a rival team before fatally stabbing him in the chest and fleeing as people rushed to help.

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  1. Seattle Times

    Prosecutor tells jury that teen’s killing at a Texas track meet was murder, not self-defense (opens Seattle Times)

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    Lawyers have delivered opening statements in the trial of a former Texas high school athlete who is accused of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old competitor from a rival team at a...

  2. East Idaho News

    Prosecutor tells jury that teen's killing at track meet was murder, not self-defense (opens East Idaho News)

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    MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday told jurors that a Texas teenager competing at a high school track meet provoked a 17-year-old boy from a rival team before fatally stabbing him in the chest and fleeing as people rushed to help.

  3. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Trial over stabbing death of teenager at track meet opens (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    MCKINNEY, Texas -- A 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by a competitor in a "sneak, surprise attack" at a Texas high school track meet, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday, as a trial opened in a case that stunned an affluent Dallas suburb where the pair attended school.

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