Overview
- Court records say the fight began over an unpaid $21 vape pen and that scissors found on the victim were used in the stabbing after a bathroom confrontation spilled into a science lab.
- The Harris County District Attorney’s Office accepted a murder charge against 18-year-old Aundre Matthews, who was identified as the suspect by officials.
- A magistrate set Matthews’ bond at $3 million, with an early January hearing requested so prosecutors can ask the judge to deny bail under a recent constitutional change.
- Students staged a second day of walkouts demanding safety changes and answers, while Goose Creek CISD offered counseling and said student-privacy laws limit what it can disclose.
- Police were called to the campus at about 10:42 a.m. on Dec. 17; Meismer was flown by Life Flight to a Houston hospital and died later, and a state review of district procedures is expected after the criminal investigation.