Berks DA: Fatal stabbing of Reading teen ruled self-defense

READING, Pa. – A fatal stabbing that took the life of a Reading teen earlier this month has been ruled justifiable self-defense.

On the evening of June 6, Reading Police were dispatched to 10th and Buttonwood streets for a report of a stabbing.

Arriving officers found two stabbing victims at the location. Both were transported to Reading Hospital, where a 15-year-old victim was pronounced dead. The second victim was treated and has since been released, authorities say…

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