Becca
03-24-2006, 12:18 PM
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Teen Beaten to Death at Milwaukee Bus Stop
By Associated Press
5 hours ago
MILWAUKEE - A 15-year-old boy died after being beaten as he waited for a bus near his school, police said. Authorities are seeking four or five males they believed were involved.
The victim, identified as Raheim Patrick, was a seventh-grade student at Malcolm X Academy, according to officials with Milwaukee Public Schools.
District spokesman Phil Harris said the boy was given an early release from school because of a doctor's appointment, and he was waiting at a bus stop nearby about 1:50 p.m. Thursday when he was attacked. He died about 3 p.m., police said.
MPS officials, including the school's principal and other staff members, met with the victim's mother Thursday night at her home and expressed their condolences.
They said his family and friends could think of no reason anyone would harm the teen.
"He just didn't have any problems like that," said Pete Pochowski, MPS director of security.
The incident follows a series of other high-profile beatings by groups of boys and young men in recent years that have left one person dead and five seriously injured.
"It's a senseless crime," Mayor Tom Barrett said. "He should not have died."
School officials planned to send a letter about the incident to students' families.
Teen Beaten to Death at Milwaukee Bus Stop
By Associated Press
5 hours ago
MILWAUKEE - A 15-year-old boy died after being beaten as he waited for a bus near his school, police said. Authorities are seeking four or five males they believed were involved.
The victim, identified as Raheim Patrick, was a seventh-grade student at Malcolm X Academy, according to officials with Milwaukee Public Schools.
District spokesman Phil Harris said the boy was given an early release from school because of a doctor's appointment, and he was waiting at a bus stop nearby about 1:50 p.m. Thursday when he was attacked. He died about 3 p.m., police said.
MPS officials, including the school's principal and other staff members, met with the victim's mother Thursday night at her home and expressed their condolences.
They said his family and friends could think of no reason anyone would harm the teen.
"He just didn't have any problems like that," said Pete Pochowski, MPS director of security.
The incident follows a series of other high-profile beatings by groups of boys and young men in recent years that have left one person dead and five seriously injured.
"It's a senseless crime," Mayor Tom Barrett said. "He should not have died."
School officials planned to send a letter about the incident to students' families.