Mountain Pointe student and football player stabbed to death during confrontation

Memorial held for student stabbed and killed

A Mountain Pointe High School student was stabbed and killed in Ahwatukee after a confrontation between two groups of students. FOX 10’s Nicole Krasean has the story.

PHOENIX – The Ahwatukee community is in mourning tonight after a local high school student and football player was stabbed in a neighborhood early Saturday morning. 

He later died from his injuries.

As several young people gathered for a vigil for 15-year-old Jaylen Reeves, Phoenix Police are investigating the stabbing.

Reeves was a sophomore at Mountain Pointe High School and was also on the football team. People we spoke with off camera say he was a sweet kid, made friends with new students at school and was a promising athlete. 

Phoenix Police say he was stabbed in a confrontation between two groups of kids. They do not have anyone in custody.

Phoenix police say they were called out just after 3:00 a.m. on Saturday to the area of East Lakewood Parkway in Ahwatukee for a report of a fight between two groups of kids. 

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That’s where they found Reeves, suffering from a severe stab wound. 

If anyone has any information about the stabbing, they’re asked to call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO.