The stabbing occurred at about 7:30 Friday morning when witnesses say theboys were arguing about going to school. According to school records,14-year-old Travis Curtis had already missed 13 day sinceenrolling in Ralph L. Fike High School January 30. Curtis had attendedfour other schools in Wilson before the family moved to Baltimore. Theymoved back to Wilson in December, 1996.
Witnesses say the dispute made its way outdoors where the boys chasedeach other on their bicycles. Then Tiwan Sutton, Curtis' younger half brother, allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed Curtis in theupper left chest.
When police arrived at the scene, they attempted to resuscitate Curtis,but were not successful.
Sutton is being held in a Pitt County juvenile facility until his firstcourt appearance,which police say will come within five days. He faces a charge ofjuvenile petition with murder.
Delois Hill, the boys' grandmother, says she had always worried that Travis would be killed by some new friends he had made on thestreets on Wilson. She says there were some problems before this.
The family has only lived in their current neighborhoodsince December, and the boys were enrolled in school on January 30.Since that time, Curtis had already missed 13 days at Ralph L.Fike High School.
Fike Principal Allen Johnson toldWRAL-TV5'sBrian Bowmanthat hewould see that counselors were in place to help other students cope withthe loss of their classmate.
Hill says the boys' mother is devastated.
Other families in the neighborhood say they were very surprised by thisincident and that they had noticed no trouble from the family.
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