(MM)
A FALL RIVER HIGH
SCHOOL--
IS IN MOURNING TODAY--
AFTER A SEVENTEEN
YEAR OLD STUDENT WAS
FATALLY STABBED LAST
NIGHT.
(HE)
POLICE SAY WILLIAM
WHEELER WAS STABBED
DURING A FIGHT ON
FOUNTAIN STREET.
TONIGHT--
WE'RE HEARING FROM
HIS GIRLFRIEND.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER ERIC
HALPERIN IS LIVE IN FALL
RIVER--
WITH WHERE THE
INVESTIGATION STANDS
TONIGHT.
ERIC?
(EH)
TONIGHT POLICE STILL
HAVE NOT MADE ANY
ARRESTS IN CONNECTION
TO THIS DEADLY STABBING
BUT THERE IS A SUSPECT
THEY SAY THEY'RE
ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR. IN
THE MEANTIME 17-YEAR-
OLD WILLIAM WHEELER IS
BEING REMEMBERED AS A
GREAT BOYFRIEND, SON
AND SIBLING.
THE SWEATSHIRT ROZILYNN
HASTON IS WEARING NOW
MEANS MORE TO HER THAN IT
EVER HAS BEFORE. IT WAS HER
BOYFRIENDS..17-YEAR-OLD
WILLIAM WHEELER.
We'd been together for 3 years
and ,
we basically lived together and
the
first time he really leaves he
dies
ACCORDING TO THE BRISTOL
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, WHEELER WAS
STABBED DURING A FIGHT AT
THIS APARTMENT BUILDING ON
FOUNTAIN STREET LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. POLICE
GOT THE CALL A LITTLE BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. THE TEENAGER WAS
RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL
WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED
DEAD LESS THAN AN HOUR
LATER.
he made me really happy, i wish
i
could say bye to him.
HASTON REMEMBERS WHERE
THE TWO FIRST MET ON
CANONICUS STREET YEARS
AGO. SHE SAYS HER HOUSE IS
FULL OF MEMORIES WITH
HIM...THE SWEATSHIRT JUST
ONE OF MANY.
he just got me some valentines
day
gifts, i didn't open them yet,
he
wanted to wait for my reaction
EARLIER THURSDAY MORNING
DISTRICT ATTORNEY THOMAS
QUINN SAID POLICE HAVE A
SUSPECT THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR BUT DIDN'T RELEASE ANY
DETAILS ABOUT A POSSIBLE
MOTIVE OR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND
WHEELER.
someone has been IDed, they're
pursuing them
WHEELER WAS A STUDENT AT
RESILIENCY PREPARATORY
ACADEMY. FALL RIVER'S
SUPERINTENDENT SENT OUT A
STATEMENT SAYING GRIEF
COUNSELORS WERE IN
SCHOOL THURSDAY AND WILL
BE THERE FRIDAY TOO AS THE
SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND
HASTON TRY TO COME TO
GRIPS WITH WHAT HAPPENED.
He was my heart, he was such a
good person. He was.
(EH)
HASTON ALSO TOLD ME
HER BOYFRIEND HAD A
FEW BROTHERS AND A
SISTER...COMING UP NEW
AT SIX HEAR MORE ABOUT
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH
THEM. LIVE IN FALL RIVER,
I'M ERIC HALPERIN,
(HE)
FIRST AT SIX --- WE'RE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE 17-YEAR-OLD FALL
RIVER BOY, WHOM POLICE
SAY LOST HIS LIFE IN AN
ACT OF VIOLENCE
OVERNIGHT.
(MM)
THE DEADLY STABBING
WAS FIRST BREAKING THIS
MORNING.
AS THE SEARCH
CONTINUES FOR WILLIAM
WHEELER'S KILLER
TONIGHT --- HIS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS ARE
MOURNING HIM.
(HE)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER ERIC
HALPERIN JOINS US LIVE
FROM FALL RIVER WITH
THE NEW DETAILS.
About 18 hours after police
say this deadly stabbing
happened..there still haven't
been any arrests. 17-year-old
William Wheeler's girlfriend
says she has no idea why this
happened.
Inseparable..it's how Rozilynn
Haston describes her
relationship
with her boyfriend William
Wheeler.
This picture of them was just
taken
on Monday. They first met on
Canonicus street in Fall River
years
ago.
Rozilynn Haston, Fall River
SOT 7
We just clicked
She says the two had been
together
for about three years.
Rozilynn Haston, Fall River
SOT 3
we basically lived together and
the
first time he really leaves he
dies
Just before midnight on
Wednesday
police were called to this
apartment
building on fountain street.
According to the bristol county
district attorney's office was
stabbed
during a fight there. The DA
says he
was found lying on the floor
suffering from an apparent stab
wound. He was rushed to the
hospital where he was pronounced
dead.
Rozilynn Haston, Fall River
SOT 2
He was a really good person, he
made me really happy and he
wasn't even in gangs or
anything, he
was a really good person
DA Thomas Quinn says police are
actively looking for a suspect
but
have not released the name of
the
person.
DA Thomas Quinn
SOT 15
Very important the individual be
apprehended given the gravity of
the crime
Haston says her boyfriend meant
a
lot to many other people too.
She
says he had three brothers and a
sister.
Rozilynn Haston, Fall River
SOT 10
he loved his little brothers so
much
and his sister, he loved his
sister, he
loved their bond , they had a
really
good bond, they was like best
friends
William Wheeler was a
student at resiliency prep
academy here in Fall River.
The superintendent sent out a
statement saying grief
counselors were there today
and will be available again
tomorrow. Live in Fall River
I'm EH, EWN.