L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy said Monday that administrators were never notified about potential danger from a student accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend Friday at South East High in South Gate.
Abraham Lopez, 18, had been arrested Sept. 25 on suspicion of making threats against Cindi Santana, 17, and her family but was released Sept. 27. Three days later, authorities say, Lopez attacked Santana during lunchtime at the high school.
Deasy made his comments to KCBS-TV Channel 2 reporter Dave Lopez. Deasy added that the alleged attacker was not checked into school Friday and apparently sneaked onto campus. No one at the school had been alerted to the earlier arrest, Deasy said, so administrators couldn't have known that Abraham Lopez represented a threat when they saw him with Santana.
Another student, a dean and a school police officer all went to Santana's aid, and all received non-life-threatening wounds before Lopez was subdued. But they were not able to protect Santana, who died of her injuries later at a hospital.
Lopez is being held on murder charges.
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Photo: A memorial for slain student Cindi Santana at South East High School in South Gate. Credit: Christina House / For The Times
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