JENNINGS — A 15-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday evening in Jefferson City and charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 14-year-old Jennings junior high student.
Police said the teenager was arrested around 8 p.m. and is in custody at the ºüÀêÊÓƵ County Family Court. He's charged with one count of second-degree murder.
The teenager is accused of stabbing and killing Justin Brooks on March 12 during a fight just down the street from Justin's school, Rose Mary Johnson Jennings Junior High School.
Authorities cannot release the suspect's name because he is a minor and has not been certified by the court to be charged as an adult.
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Justin's father, also named Justin Brooks, posted a cellphone video to Facebook last week that appears to show the chaotic moments before and after the stabbing.
The 47-second video shows more than 20 people yelling in the middle of Hord Avenue, just around the corner from the junior high school. Some of the people look like adults.
In the background, two people start fighting at the end of the driveway of a home. As the crowd runs toward the fight, a car honks while trying to make it through the crowd.
Then someone shouts out, “He just stabbed him!â€
The video came just days after a viral video showed a 15-year-old girl being severely beaten outside of nearby Hazelwood East High School.
The mother of another boy in Justin’s football league and one of Justin's football coaches described Justin as a star athlete who was a leader on his team.