NEW YORK (AP) - A Bronx teenager has been indicted on a lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old student in a Bronx classroom.
Eighteen-year-old Abel Cedeno was initially charged with murder in the death of Matthew McCree, who was fatally stabbed with a switchblade last month at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation.
Another classmate, who tried to intervene, was critically wounded.
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An attorney for the victim’s family, Sanford Rubenstein, says the grand jury panel is considering additional charges.
Bail for Cedeno was set at $500,000. He had previously pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges.
The grand jury’s decision was announced Tuesday following a court hearing attended by family members of the victim and the suspect, believed to be a victim of bullying.
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