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FGJCDMX Plans Detention of Lex Ashton After Hospital Discharge

Investigators probe motive alongside charging details in the CCH Sur killing.

Overview

  • The 19-year-old suspect is stable after surgery to remove a head clot and remains under strict police and medical custody at an IMSS regional hospital.
  • Prosecutors say they will carry out a formal detention and present the case once doctors release him, beginning the imputación and judicial process.
  • Officials cite qualified homicide for the 16-year-old victim and attempted homicide related to the injured worker, though some reports describe a switch to an injuries charge.
  • Authorities say the targets were selected circumstantially and are reviewing the suspect’s social-media activity after indications he had spoken of killing six people; they add he tried to take his own life after staff intervened.
  • The Fiscalía reports coordination with UNAM and the city security ministry on preventive actions, while a former classmate told media he previously showed knives at the campus.