Teenager will be tried as an adult for fatal stabbing at Raleigh High School in Southeast

A 15-year-old will be tried as an adult for fatally stabbing a fellow student at Southeast Raleigh High School on campus.

On November 27, Delvin Ferrell, 15, was killed during a fight in the school gymnasium.

Tyquan General, who was 14 at the time of the attack, was charged with first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury.

Court records show Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway ruled last week that the general would be tried as an adult in Superior Court rather than in juvenile court. The general had appealed efforts by Wake County Prosecutor Lorrin Freeman to try him in Superior Court.

He faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder. On the other hand, he could have faced a lesser charge of manslaughter if the case had remained in juvenile court.

Family claims self-defense

A video posted to social media by several students shows a fight that broke out in a hallway before 11 a.m. on November 27. In the melee that spilled into the gymnasium, Ferrell and a 16-year-old were both stabbed. The 16-year-old suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The general's mother said her son was acting in self-defense and that she had warned the school on the day of the stabbing that he might be attacked, The News & Observer previously reported.

The school's principal sent parents a letter saying “all students involved in Monday's event have been disciplined” in accordance with Wake County school policies.

Staff writer Virginia Bridges contributed to this story.