Murdered CPS Student Count Rises to 35

The death of a tenth-grade Chicago Public School student on the Southwest Side Saturday afternoon raises the number of students killed this school year to 35, surpassing the 26 students who died last year.

Alex Arellano, 15, was found dead in an alley of apparent burns, according to Chicago Breaking News. Detectives are treating Arellano’s death as a homicide; police said victim, a sophomore at Chicago Discovery Academy, had no gang affiliation or criminal record.

[Chicago Breaking News]

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