HERRIMAN, Utah — A second person has been arrested for his alleged connection to the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old following a high school graduation ceremony Wednesday.
Hunter John Armstrong, 18, faces a charge of aggravated assault and was booked into jail. Along with Keith Tyree McClendon, who was arrested Thursday, Armstrong is the second person to be taken into custody after the incident.
A police report Thursday did not identify the victim and most of those detained due to their ages, but said they were students at both Valley High School and Mountain Ridge High School.
One of those involved in the incident, 19-year-old Keith McClendon, has been arrested on one count of aggravated assault and has been booked into the Salt Lake County Jail.
McClendon, Armstrong and two others, including the victim, allegedly went to the Valley High School graduation ceremonies to confront two students at the school. In his arrest report, McClendon admitted to bringing brass knuckles to use against one of the students.
"There have been ongoing and documented issues between these persons, with this being at least the third similar fight between them within the past year," police said in the report.
During the incident, the victim was stabbed in the chest.
When emergency personnel arrived to the area near Zions Bank Stadium and the Real Salt Lake Training Academy, they found the 16-year-old victim in the driver's seat of a Dodge Challenger. The teen died at the scene.
After the fight, several of those involved fled the scene in an Audi vehicle, which was later located at 13643 South Daggerwing Way in Riverton. Because of the history of those involved, the South Valley SWAT team was called in to detain people involved.
Two additional people who were involved, a 17-year-old male and 18-year-old female, had been taken to a nearby hospital by family members with non-life-threatening injuries, including a wound to the face and hand.
McClendon was eventually apprehended at the scene of the first incident.
Another 18-year-old male fled the home and is still at-large, although police do not believe there is a threat to the public.
Here is a list of people involved in the confrontation and stabbing, according to police:
- Keith McClendon is a student at Mountain Ridge High School.
- Juvenile Male #2 is a student at Mountain Ridge High School. He will not be identified due to his age and the fact that he has not been charged with a crime related to this incident.
- Adult Female #1 is the mother of Juvenile Male #3. She will not be identified at this time as she has not been charged with a crime related to this incident.
- Juvenile Male #3 is a student at Valley High School. He will not be identified at this time due to his age and the fact that he has not been charged with a crime related to this incident.
- Adult Female #2 is a student at Valley High School. She will not be identified at this time as she has not been charged with a crime related to this incident.
- Adult Male #2 is a student at Mountain Ridge High School. He will not be identified at this time as he has not been charged with a crime related to this incident.
- Adult Male #3 is a student at Mountain Ridge High School. He will not be identified at this time as he has not been charged with a crime related to this incident.
