SACRAMENTO – Multiple sources have confirmed with CBS13 that the victim who was stabbed to death near Tower Bridge over the weekend was a sophomore at Center High School in Antelope.
He has been identified by family and close friends as 16-year-old Kirill Trush.
Multiple staff members and students confirmed with CBS13 that Trush was a student at Center High School who had been in the district since kindergarten.
“He was like a brother to most of us. What happened to him was a tragedy, should have never happened,” said Jeremiah Patterson who was a friend of the victim.
The high school student was stabbed on Saturday evening near West Sacramento’s Tower Bridge. The tourist attraction was turned into a crime scene as police said they found the victim with multiple stab wounds under the bridge next to the Riverwalk at around 5:15 p.m. Police said a fight happened before the stabbing.
“A situation that he was in that he didn’t want to be in led to the worst,” Patterson said.