Press conference at the New Rochelle Police Department on teen stabbing death. Ricky Flores/lohud
NEW ROCHELLE - Police arrested Z'inah Brown, a suspect in Wednesday's fatal stabbing of New Rochelle High School student Valaree Schwab, after she turned herself in at Police Headquarters on Thursday afternoon.
She's been charged with second-degree murder.
Brown is a 16-year-old student at New Rochelle High School and police believe she lives in Yonkers. Schwab, 16, was stabbed on Wednesday afternoon at the Dunkin' Donuts at 646 North Ave. and died at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.
New Rochelle police say Brown was part of a larger group of five or six male and female New Rochelle High School students who had a confrontation with Schwab and a companion Wednesday.
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Police said a series of altercations, including the use of pepper spray, occurred between Schwab and the group along North Avenue, starting at a McDonalds restaurant and culminating at the Dunkin' Donuts.
Press conference at New Rochelle City Hall on teen stabbing death. Ricky Flores/lohud
Schwab was stabbed twice in the torso with a steak knife inside Dunkin' Donuts on North Avenue, police said. The victim was with a male companion but he was not in the Dunkin' Donuts at the time of the incident, according to police.
Police responded to the Dunkin' Donuts about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, finding Schwab responsive but bleeding and losing consciousness.
New Rochelle police said they were in possession of surveillance video but declined to say when or if it would be released to the media.
On Thursday morning there was a larger police presence than usual at New Rochelle High School, where a significant number of students were absent, school officials said.
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A New Rochelle High School student reacts to the fatal stabbing that occurred Jan. 10, 2018. Mark Vergari/lohud