2 Youths Held in Slaying of Teen in iPod Theft
From Times Wire Reports
Two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of killing another teen for his iPod portable music player, police said.
They face charges of murder, robbery and weapons possession in the death of Christopher Rose, 15, police said.
Rose and three friends were accosted by a group of youths Saturday evening in Brooklyn, police said. Some of them demanded Rose’s iPod, police said, and he was stabbed twice in the chest when he resisted.
Police have reported a wave of iPod robberies on New York subways.
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