Kansas City suspect in school death denied home detention

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A 14-year-old suspect in a stabbing death at a Kansas City middle school will remain in juvenile custody.

A Jackson County judge on Friday denied a request that the suspect be released to home detention.

He is charged in juvenile court with first-degree murder in the death of 14-year-old Manuel Guzman at Northeast Middle School.

Police say the suspect, whose name has not been released because of his age, stabbed Guzman after an argument in a school bathroom.

After a brief hearing, the judge ruled the teen would stay in a juvenile detention facility out of concern for his and the community’s safety.