A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another teenager to death during a house party in New York, police announced on Monday.
The incident occurred a week ago at a house in West Babylon on Long Island, police said.
Approximately 90 to 100 teenagers were at a party outside the home on Nov. 3 when a fight broke out at approximately 10:25 p.m., Suffolk County police said.
Liam Delemo, 15, was stabbed during the fight, police said. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Homicide detectives have now charged a 17-year-old boy from Syosset with second-degree murder in connection with Delemo’s death, police said.
Police said they are withholding the name of the suspect due to his age. The teen is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday in a Central Islip courthouse, police said.
Authorities did not release any details on what led up to the fight.
Police allege the owner of the home where the stabbing occurred allowed her grandchild to have a party there.
The homeowner, identified by police as 70-year-old Bonnie Miranda, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, pertaining to Delemo, police said.
She has also been charged with Suffolk County’s social host law, which makes it a crime to allow underage drinking in your home, police said.
Police did not release any details, including the name or age, of the grandchild.
ABC News has reached out to Miranda for comment.
Services are being held this week in honor of Delemo, from West Babylon, who died weeks before his 16th birthday.
“He loved all of his friends,” his father, Mike Delemo, told local reporters gathered outside the funeral home in Lindenhurst. “He would do anything for them.”
“They know if they need anything, they could always come to us,” he added.
