Three more Connecticut teens arrested in fatal James McGrath altercation

Connecticut police have introduced three new arrests in reference to a highschool brawl that left Shelton lacrosse participant James McGrath useless in Might.

The suspects, two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old, surrendered voluntarily, in line with the Shelton Police Division. The three of them allegedly attacked a 16-year-old male, with certainly one of them placing him with a helmet exterior a house on Lazy Brook Street.

All three are charged with assault in reference to a combat that befell at a distinct location. Police mentioned the combat has a direct hyperlink to McGrath’s stabbing at a highschool occasion on Laurel Glen Drive later in the identical night.

Police didn’t launch their names however mentioned none of them are Shelton residents.

One of many youngsters was charged with second-degree assault and launched on $25,000 bond. The opposite two have been charged with third-degree assault and breach of peace.

All three are due again in courtroom on Aug. 3. 

Raul Valle, the 16-year-old accused of stabbing McGrath within the coronary heart, was launched on $2 million bond in Might.

A Might 14 home occasion turned violent after Valle and a bunch of different teenagers allegedly crashed the occasion and kicked off a combat involving as many as 25 teenagers, in line with a police report.

As a result of he’s over 15 and the costs embrace homicide, in Connecticut, the case routinely transferred to grownup courtroom. 

Three teenagers have been stabbed, together with McGrath, a 17-year-old from Shelton who performed lacrosse on the close by Fairfield School Preparatory College.

“A number of witnesses reported that three to 4 individuals who weren’t invited to the occasion arrived and exited a darkish coloured Honda SUV,” the police report states. “Witnesses additional said that when the events exited the automobile a bodily altercation with a number of male members befell on the entrance garden.”

A consultant from St. Joseph Excessive College, the personal faculty Valle attended in Trumbull, advised Fox Information Digital that the teenager was in good tutorial standing and had not been in any fights at college earlier than the Might 14 incident.

“They have been very pleasant. The youngsters are well mannered and respectful,” Valle’s neighbor advised Fox Information Digital of the suspect and his household. “That is exhausting to consider.”

Valle faces one cost of homicide and two counts of first-degree assault.

Shelton police have mentioned further fees could possibly be potential as they proceed to look into individuals concerned within the combat.

Fox Information’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.