3rd Teen Arrested In Barnard Student Tessa Majors' Murder: Report

UPPER WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN — A 14-year-old who is the third and final suspect in the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors was arrested Wednesday, according to reports.

Police sources told the New York Post that Luciano Lewis, who had been previously interviewed by cops about the Dec. 11 killing, surrendered himself to police Wednesday morning and is expected to be arraigned later in the day.

Lewis, who will be charged as an adult, is the third teen to be charged in the death of the 18-year-old, who was stabbed to death on Dec. 11 while walking through Morningside Park. Police said the killing likely occurred during a botched robbery.

The latest arrest comes a week after a 14-year-old who police believe wielded the knife that killed Majors was charged.

Officials said they have evidence from videotapes, witness identification and DNA evidence from Major's fingernail clippings linking that boy to the crime, the Associated Press reports.

A 13-year-old boy also was arrested in December in connection with murder. He is facing charges of felony murder, weapons possession and robbery, but is not suspected to have stabbed Majors himself.

Majors was walking through the park when she was approached by a group of muggers and held up at knifepoint, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison. During the robbery, one of the men stabbed her repeatedly in the stomach, Harrison said.

Majors was able to stagger to a nearby Columbia security booth. The guard stationed at the post called police after noticing she was injured, police and college officials said.