Teen charged with second-degree murder in fatal stabbing
A 16-year-old has been charged with second degree murder in the stabbing death of another teen in Dorchester earlier this year, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.
A Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments charging Amari Pope of Dorchester in the fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Deon Hopkins on Feb. 21. Pope is charged with second-degree murder and misleading a police investigator, the DA’s office said.
Hopkins and a teenage girl had gotten into an altercation, according to the DA’s office. Pope, who was present at the time, went to his home and grabbed a kitchen knife before returning to the scene, the DA’s office said. Officials said Pope stabbed Hopkins and chased him across the street when he tried to flee. Hopkins collapsed in front of a market, where the DA’s office said surveillance footage captured Pope circling him and holding the knife.
After the stabbing, Pope allegedly destroyed and hid evidence, including the knife, the DA’s office said.
Pope’s lawyer didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
Pope will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on July 17.
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