Family identifies 17-year-old Hanford Kohl's stabbing victim, 15-year-old suspect arrested

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- Family members person identified the 17-year-old lad killed successful a stabbing extracurricular the Hanford Mall connected Saturday nighttime arsenic Lorenzo Sanchez.

The Hanford Police Department says a 15-year-old suspect, who has not been identified, is booked successful the Kings County Juvenile Center connected a azygous complaint of murder.

Sanchez was going into his elder twelvemonth astatine Corcoran High School, and loved ones accidental helium had dreams of playing shot astatine Fresno State. Family and friends gathered extracurricular Corcoran High Sunday for a vigil successful Sanchez's memory.

The stabbing happened astir 5:30 p.m. Saturday extracurricular the Kohl's section store astatine the Hanford Mall connected Lacey Boulevard adjacent 12th Avenue.

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Investigators accidental Sanchez got into an statement with 5 different teenagers astatine the mall, which past led to the stabbing.

Detectives accidental surveillance video captured Sanchez being stabbed erstwhile successful the cervix from behind. Medical assistance was provided to him, but helium died astatine the scene.

Sanchez's parent was wrong the promenade astatine the clip of the onslaught and recovered her lad conscionable feet distant from the Kohl's entranceway aft the stabbing.

Police detained the radical of teenagers aboriginal Saturday nighttime and were capable to place the fishy successful the group.

Investigators accidental aggregate items were recovered connected the suspect, which allegedly link him to the homicide.

The nonstop motive for the stabbing remains unclear.