Argument Led to Stabbing Death of Popular Former Sleepy Hollow Student

A makeshift memorial has been set up in Barnhart Park in Sleepy Hollow where 17-year-old Tahj Robinson was stabbed and killed Friday night.

The killing led to the postponement of Saturday’s Homecoming football game for Sleepy Hollow High School where Robinson has been an popular student before recently moving to New Jersey to live with relatives.

Police have arrested 16-year-old Berinzon Moronta of Tarrytown in connection with the killing, writes The Journal News, which reportedly occurred during a fight between the two teens, according to WNBC-TV.

“We weren’t ready to play that game as a community. It’s a very celebratory event, the homecoming,” Tarrytown School Superintendent Daniel McCann told The Journal News during a press conference Saturday. A new date for the game has not yet been announced. “Our players needed time, our community needed time, our administrators needed time to process this event.”

Moronta has been charged with Second Degree Murder; he was arrested in Yonkers several hours after the 11 p.m. incident.

Barnhart Park reportedly has become a teen hangout after-hours, but not the site of such violence.

“It’s sad to say that, someone you know for such a long time, that you’ve invited over to your house, and had played video games with, someone that you’re so close - you’re never going to see again,” former classmate Isaac Newland told WABC-TV.

Photo: Tahj Robinson memorial via WCBS-TV