Crime & Safety
Fort Worth Girl, 14, Stabbed To Death: Report
The victim was a student at Wedgwood Middle School. No arrests have been made.
FORT WORTH, TX — A 14-year-old girl died early Tuesday after she was stabbed at an apartment complex in south Fort Worth, various media outlets report.
The victim was later identified as Nylah Lightfoot, 14, a Wedgwood Middle School student, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. She was first found injured around 4:00 a.m. in the 8000 block of Peyton Lane.
Lightfoot died at John Peter Smith Hospital not long after she was transported.
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The Star-Telegram wrote she lived a few blocks away at an apartment in the 7500 block of Chance Boulevard. It's not clear why she was at the Peyton Lane location.
A young female girl was identified as a suspect but has not been taken into custody, the newspaper reported. Her identity was not released.
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Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call Fort Worth Police Department.
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