SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teenager accused of stabbing five random classmates in a high school locker room is behaving well in juvenile detention but will be kept behind bars due to the severity of the crime.
The teen made a brief court appearance Tuesday in Orem with his parents sitting behind him and several of the alleged victims and their families in the gallery. The hearing was scheduled to discuss his mental competency, but that was rescheduled for March due to an undisclosed legal issue.
A probation officer reported the teen is doing well in detention but recommended he stay behind bars. The boy’s attorney and prosecutors agreed.
The 16-year-old is charged as a juvenile. The Associated Press is not identifying him because of his age.
The victims in the Nov. 15 attack all survived.