Teen killed at Connecticut school; classmate arrested

[NutmegYankee]

(CNN) -- The 16-year-old girl killed by a classmate at a Milford, Connecticut, high school was "a bright light full of hopes and dreams with her future at her fingertips" said her cousin Edward Kovack in a statement on behalf of the family Friday afternoon.

Maren Sanchez, a junior, was attacked in a hallway at Jonathan Law High School around 7 a.m. Friday. School staff members and emergency technicians attempted "life-saving measures," according to Milford Police Chief Keith Mello, but Sanchez was pronounced dead at Bridgeport Hospital at 7:43 a.m.

Speaking at a press conference Friday, the police chief didn't provide a motive but said investigators are looking into rumors a boy was angry because Sanchez had declined to go to the prom with him. The prom, scheduled for Friday night, has been postponed
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/25/justice/connecticut-school-assault/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

As tragic as it is, I'm surprised it made national news on CNN.