High school sophomore shot to death while waiting at bus stop in Indiana
Aug. 26, 2022
An 18-year-old suspect has been charged in the fatal shooting of Temario Stokes Jr., 16, a student at Whiteland Community High School in Whiteland, Ind.
The Indianapolis Star reports that Temario Stokes Jr., who attended Whiteland Community High School in Whiteland, Ind., was shot to death Thursday morning.
Police say a teen in a black hoodie approached the victim and started shooting. Several other students were at the bus stop, but no one else was injured.
Authorities arrested Tyrique Sevin Radford El about three hours after the shooting and was being held on a preliminary charge of murder.
The suspect graduated from Whiteland Community High School last year. Temario had just transferred there and attended classes for only four days before the shooting, according to Clark-Pleasant School Superintendent Patrick Spray.