A 16-year-old boy is in hospital and โrecovering wellโ after suffering stab wounds in a fight, which involved as many as 12 people and left an 18-year-old man dead, at a skate park in Weston in the early hours of Sunday morning.
ACT policing said while no charges have yet been laid, theyโve spoken to numerous people and amassed a โsignificantโ amount of information on the eveningโs events prior to the attack.
โThis death is extremely distressing,โ an ACT Policing spokesperson said.
โIf the people involved in the incident are listening to this, Iโd encourage them to come forward now.
โA number of people have come forward already, but we would like everyone involved to come forward.
โWeโll work with them; weโd like to talk about how the incident played out.
โIf you think someone you know may be involved, please encourage them to come forward.โ
ACT Policing said the white Toyota owned by the 18-year-old deceased male is being forensically examined for DNA and, over the next few days, police will conduct an operation canvassing the area for CCTV footage.
ACT Policing said the incident was โabsolutely not gang relatedโ as there was no information or evidence for that and at this stage there was no evidence of drugs being involved, but they did confirm the two victims were known to each other.
ACT Policing also downplayed questions about a lack of police presence in the area and said the distressing element of the incident was that it โhappened in our community at allโ.
โThis is a very serious incident; weโll take it very seriously and follow every lead, find out who is responsible and take them before the court,โ the spokesperson said.
โItโs a tragic situation, the families are affected, police dealing with the families are affected.
โI hope we have the people responsible before the courts very soon.โ
ACT Policing said the exact reasons the group of youths โ aged 16 to adult โ were at the park is still โpart of the investigationโ but urged parents to be diligent in supervising their kids.
โKnow where your children are, what they are up to, what they need and intervene when needed.
โSupervise your children.โ
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