Authorities on Sunday asked for the public’s help in finding the man who stabbed a teenager to death over the weekend in north Tempe.
Police said David Lopez, 19, died after he was stabbed in a fight about 6:30 p.m. Saturday at an apartment complex in the 800 block of East McKellips Drive.
The suspect, a man in his 20s, ran away before police arrived, according to department spokesman Sgt. Steve Carbajal. Investigators had little other information to go on.
Police asked anyone with information to call the department at (480) 350-8311.
The young kid probably deserved it. These kids now a days think they are invinsible.
If this had been your son, you wouldn’t speak so harshly. You don’t know this “young kid” or what he was doing. You make me sick nailbender.
Nailbender you wonder why kids act like there is no future is because they are not seeing one.
This kid is someone child. How can you possible say he deserved it? Does his parents deserve to loss their child? Violence is OK with you as long it is someone else kid?
And you wonder why kids today have problems? Look at your answer. You are as much of the problem as the violent ones. Why don’t you think of a solution to the problems instead of being a problem?
Cat,
You are assuming that this kids parents care, look around you. There is a relatively new term “throw away children” I know it seems inconceivable to some of us; but it is a very real situation. And in any way blaming Nailbender for these unfortunates is out of line. It is time to get out of denial.
Generations of have a baby get a check; section 8 housing, free medical or get to stay in the US has created this situation. Stop blaming “Society” and the people who work hard to care for there own and have to give a big chunk of their earnings to pay for this mess.
Cat we think YOU and your give me, give me, give me more of everybody else’s earnings are the problem.
BOO HOO!! Another violent person’s life ended by violence. Who cares?
To Nailbender & AuntFlo - who are you to assume that this young man was a violent person? Its amazing how easy it is to sit in judgement of someone else - especially someone you do not know. Since when are victims only violent, bad people? You ever heard of the phrase “innocent victim”? It is because of those like you that this world is so F’d up! If nothing else, try to remember that this young man WAS somebody’s child, brother, friend… AND that it is the Christmas season. ” Evil flourishes where good men do nothing..”
blah blah blah mnatheart. Believe what you want. I live in the real world.
EVTrib- Where’s the suspect description?
Maybe those who only respond negatively are evil themselves…otherwise maybe they would have the common sense to know that not ever person killed by violence is a violent person. Reading this comments just shows how ignorant the majority of the public is.
I HAVE TO AGREE WITH AUNT FLO.. I BELIVE ITS LIK 70-80% OF THE PPL KILLED KNEW THIER MUDERER.. IF HE WAS LAW ABIDING, THEN HE WOULDNT BE IN A FIGHT TO BEGIN WITH.. PROLLY DRUG, OR GANG, OR BOTH RELATED.. NO LOVE LOST HERE !
AuntFlo: blah blah blah - intelligent… I too, live in the real world & have been an innocent victim of violent crime. Although you are apparently incapable of any REAL understanding or compassion, I will still hope & pray that you never have to deal with the pain & sometimes overwhelming fear that can still hit me without notice.
AuntFlo: Wow, how about that young woman who fought off an attacker in Gilbert the other day? You probably think she SHOULD have been kidnapped & raped?? The only person I see that would deserve NO MERCY - is that high & mighty piece of sc## who can sit in judgement only because they’ve been lucky so far…. oh, wait! That’s you. Something tells me there won’t be anyone shedding any tears when you fall victim to some serial killer or druggie or sexual predator.
The story said that he “was stabbed in a fight”. That sounds violent to me.
Alright real quick to all of you. David Lopez was a nineteen year old kid who had a life going for himself. He had a good paying job, a real loving family, including a girlfriend, and he worked real hard just so that he could live there. He was never a violent person.
i DID know the victim. he’s not violent at all. it wasn’t a fight but a robbery. i cant believe that people have become so numb to life that they cant even find compassion when one is ended, and at so young an age. david is (present tense because of us who know him he’ll always be with) such an easy person to love. you had the goofiest smile and could make anyone laugh. he was a person that anyone could enjoy being around. just to put a face on this article and stop people who are too busy being mad or depressed with their own lives they write ridiculous comments. how can ANYONE deserve to die like that?
So much hatred in these posts & also compassion for human rights, if nothing else these posts seem to serve to showcase the indifference (evil) from the caring in this world, that’s all
This young man, I knew very well, sweetest, kindest, lovable guy, cared so much for his family, It is such a shame for people to asume a death of a young man, was due to the fact he was violent, David is not violent never saw a violent bone in his body.. It is the scum..that took his life.. that piece of scum ,I pray gets caught.. We all say (There is a reason for everything) (What goes around comes around) Only nothing will change the fact. Our David we will never get to see again on this earth.. How can anyone take someone else’s life and not get what is coming around to them..???
I knew the victim. He was a good kid. AuntFlo-you are not a good person. May God have mercy on your soul when it is your time to pass
david was a gud kid u all jus dnt no the whole story! put urself in our shoes. it is very painful and he had goals and did not deserve any of this at all! WE ALL LOVE YOU DAVID!!!!!
When I saw that this posting had 18 comments I thought to myself that is fabulous that so many ppl came out to write about david, who he was and how much they missed him. To my suprise I came to read these awful comments about ppl that didnt even know him. Since most of you didnt know him then y do you even think it is nessacery to put in your two cents? Y do you find it your responsibility to make the family and friends feel worse? Im sure most of you dont have kids or if you do they are ppl with problems and you are just mad otherwise I really dont see the point in writing what you did. Unless your goal in life is to judge ppl blindly and make others feel worse. If that is your goal then you have succeeded thanks for your input. But I just want to let everyone know just like the few others had that knew him that he was a great guy. My best friend is his girlfriend and this has been really really hard on her. They were great for eachother. He came into her life right at the time she needed him. He was always so happy. Even though I didnt know him for as long as I would have wanted I still know he was happy, he worked hard by himself for what he wanted, I swear I never saw this kid mad. I miss him and so do many others. We Miss You David!
To those of you who wrote nice things on here, thank you so much David was an amazing man, he worked hard to live in a nice apartment, to spoil his girlfriend and to help his family. The pure nerve of others on this page makes me sick. Not only did you not know David at all, he is a better person than you just proven by your words. Living with David sharing emotions, stories, memories and sometimes even bottles of Coke or half Subway sandwiches I grew to love David very much. He was like a little brother to me and in no was deserved such a horrible thing from such a monster. My only hope when this monster is caught is that I get to look him in his sad & pathetic eyes and watch him be punished for this. David was awesome, he was always there when people needed him, he was loyal to his friends, he loved his girlfriend and he always made light of any dark situation. One of the last things David said was in regards to my cats not being let out of the apartment, that says to me that even in his last minutes he was the most unseflish person ever made. I love and miss you so much David, Rip little brother.
Ps. I’m stealing your laundry basket…yet again.
To Auntflo & Nailbender, I hope a situation like this never happens to you, because you obviously do not have the mental or the emotional adpects to deal with unfortunate events. You heartless pieces of human scum….
was at the scene. God bless this young man’s family and friends. Please let me apologize for the ignorance expressed on this page by very ignorant people. I know first hand that they DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. No one deserves that. I am also sorry you lost your son, boyfreind, brother, and or friend. May peace be with you in your time of grief. Do not let such miserably pathetic and ignorant people bring any more pain to you.