Overview
- The teen, who was stabbed during a dispute in Essen, died Wednesday in the hospital, police said.
- Police say the confrontation began in an apartment on April 27 and moved into a stairwell in a multi-family building in the Südostviertel neighborhood.
- Witnesses called emergency services, and rescuers resuscitated the 17-year-old before taking him to a hospital.
- Officers arrested a 19-year-old at the scene without resistance, and he has been in pretrial custody since.
- An autopsy has been conducted as detectives investigate the motive, and police said the victim was from Bochum and the suspect from Uedem.