On Friday, January 15, the New York Times picked up an AP story about the NECSD closure.

After Killing, Newburgh Schools to Close

NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- The city schools here were ordered closed on Friday, two days after a 17-year-old boy was killed in a street fight and three other youths were hospitalized with stab wounds, officials said. A 13-year-old boy was charged as an adult with murder.

Lt. Charles Broe of the Newburgh police identified the victim as Levy King Flores of Newburgh, who died while being airlifted to a hospital on Wednesday afternoon. He would not identify the boy who was charged.

The police said four other students were arrested Thursday after fights broke out at Newburgh Free Academy, where Mr. Flores was a student. Officials of the school district declared an "emergency crisis" and canceled after-school activities and closed schools for Friday.

Investigators are still trying to determine what led to the killing, although gang activity is suspected, Lieutenant Broe said. The five involved in the fight on Wednesday all knew one another, and there was a history of animosity between them, he said.
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