The police have charged a 17-year-old boy with murder following last week’s student altercation that led to the death of a fellow pupil at Ocho Rios High School.

The deceased has been identified as 16-year-old Devonie Shearer of a Tay Street address in Ocho Rios, St
Ann.

Reports from the St Ann’s Bay Police are that at about 3:00 pm, the 17-year-old used a metal chair to hit Shearer on his head, causing a wound and rendering him unconscious. The injured boy was assisted to the hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment.

The accused teen was handed over to the police later the same day and was charged last Thursday (March 5), in the presence of his parent, after eyewitness statements implicated him.

He is scheduled to appear before the family court on March 18.