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2 cousins arrested in stabbing death of 16-year-old

Two cousins, 16-year-old Demonte and 18-year-old Kurt Hewitt are charged with second-degree murder.

WASHINGTON - Two teens are under arrest for the murder of a teenager in Northeast D.C., police said.

On May 1, Tyshon Perry was stabbed to death near the Gallaudet metro station. The 16-year-old was a 10th-grade honor student at the KIPP DC College Preparatory School.

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Two cousins, 16-year-old Demonte and 18-year-old Kurt Hewitt are charged with second-degree murder.

Both were already in D.C. jail on unrelated charges.

Police believe a dispute at the school led to the attack.

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