Council Member Partially Blames HISD For Gang Stabbing

14-Year-Old Stabbed, Killed On June 6

POSTED: Wednesday, June 14, 2006

UPDATED: 8:23 am CDT June 14, 2006

HOUSTON -- A Houston city council member said the Houston Independent School District could have done more to prevent a teenager's stabbing death, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Council member Sue Lovell said parents have told her that the problems started at Lamar High School on June 6, the day of the stabbing.

Lovell said the students were asked to leave the campus and ended up fighting with rival gang members at Ervin Chew Park.

Council Member Sue Lovell

Gabriel Granillo, 14, was stabbed to death. Police have a 16-year-old girl in custody.

"HISD must step forward, must acknowledge a problem and must reach out to the people that can help them," Lovell said. "Not ignore them, nor shove it off to the neighborhoods where it does become a problem and where people get hurt."

"Police have not indicated that the tragic incident in the park had anything at all to do with Lamar High School," a school district official said. "The victim was not a student at Lamar. The person suspected in the case has been a Lamar student for only a few weeks."

Previous Stories:

June 12, 2006: Death Threats Keep Girl Accused In Park Stabbing In Custody
June 12, 2006: Memorial Set Up For Boy Killed In Gang Stabbing Destroyed
June 8, 2006: Girl, 16, Arrested In Park Gang Stabbing Death
June 6, 2006: Teenager Beaten, Stabbed To Death In Park

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