Connecticut higher university lacrosse murder: Police announce arrests of a few extra teens in James McGrath case

Connecticut police have announced a few new arrests in link with a substantial college brawl that remaining Shelton lacrosse participant James McGrath lifeless in May possibly.

The suspects, two 17-yr-olds and a 16-calendar year-outdated, surrendered voluntarily, according to the Shelton Police Office. The three of them allegedly attacked a 16-12 months-old male, with one particular of them striking him with a helmet exterior a house on Lazy Brook Street.

All a few are billed with assault in connection with a combat that took put at a diverse site. Law enforcement claimed the struggle has a immediate connection to McGrath's stabbing at a high school party on Laurel Glen Generate later on in the very same evening.

Police did not release their names but mentioned none of them are Shelton residents.

Connecticut significant faculty lacrosse player James McGrath laid to rest soon after Trumbull funeral Mass (G3 Box News Electronic, Shelton Police)

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One of the teens was billed with next-diploma assault and introduced on $25,000 bond. The other two ended up charged with 3rd-diploma assault and breach of peace.

All a few are due again in court docket on Aug. 3. 

Raul Valle, the 16-calendar year-aged accused of stabbing McGrath in the heart, was released on $2 million bond in May possibly.

A 16-calendar year-aged murder suspect allegedly stabbed Jimmy McGrath outside this house on Laurel Glen Generate in Milford, Connecticut, where by a memorial in the condition of a heart was positioned outside.  (Michael Ruiz/G3 Box News Digital)

A Could 14 residence get together turned violent after Valle and a group of other teens allegedly crashed the party and kicked off a battle involving as lots of as 25 teenagers, in accordance to a law enforcement report.

Simply because he is over 15 and the expenses include murder, in Connecticut, the scenario instantly transferred to adult court docket. 

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3 teenagers have been stabbed, together with McGrath, a 17-year-old from Shelton who performed lacrosse at the nearby Fairfield College or university Preparatory College.

"Several witnesses claimed that 3 to 4 individuals who have been not invited to the party arrived and exited a darkish coloured Honda SUV," the police report states. "Witnesses further stated that when the parties exited the car a physical altercation with several male participants took place on the front garden."

James McGrath, 17, died after he was stabbed even though at a property party. He was a junior at Fairfield College or university Preparatory University in Connecticut. (Fairfield Higher education Preparatory Faculty)

A representative from St. Joseph Higher College, the non-public university Valle attended in Trumbull, instructed G3 Box News Digital that the teenager was in great academic standing and had not been in any fights at college just before the May possibly 14 incident.

"They were extremely welcoming. The little ones are well mannered and respectful," Valle's neighbor told G3 Box News Electronic of the suspect and his relatives. "This is challenging to think."

Valle faces a person cost of murder and two counts of to start with-diploma assault.

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Shelton police have reported added expenses could be feasible as they keep on to appear into men and women associated in the battle.

G3 Box News' Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.