A 16-year-old Delaware student has died after she was seriously assaulted at a high school Thursday morning, Wilmington police said.
Detectives from the homicide and violent crimes unit are interviewing multiple students who are considered persons of interest in the assault at Howard High School of Technology, according to a source close to the investigation. Two female students were taken to police headquarters for further questioning, police Chief Bobby Cummings said. The police said they do not believe anyone outside the school was involved.
Officers were called at about 8:18 a.m. to the high school, police said. High School Principal Stanley Spoor said the assault of the 10th-grader from New Castle, Del., occurred in the women's bathroom as classes were starting.
"My heart bleeds for the family," said Mayor Dennis Williams at a news conference at the high school Thursday.
"Things like this shouldn't happen," he said.
The girl was flown to the hospital in critical condition and later died from her injuries, police said.
