14-year-old boy identified in stabbing outside Santa Ana High School; 2 students arrested

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- The 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death outside Santa Ana High School has been identified, and two other students have been arrested.

The deadly incident happened Wednesday afternoon just after classes were dismissed for the day. Police say there is surveillance video that shows the altercation among several teenage boys before one of them pulled out a knife.

Three boys - ages 14,15 and 16 - were stabbed in front of the school.

A 14-year-old student was killed and two others were injured in a stabbing at Santa Ana High School, police say.

The 14-year-old, who later died at the hospital, has been identified by the Orange County Coroner as Armando Morales. The other two students who were injured remain in stable condition.

A makeshift memorial of candles and flowers was growing outside the school Thursday as grieving students paid respects to their slain classmate.

One man sitting by the memorial said Morales was his younger brother.

"He was my baby brother and I lost him, you know... He was 14 years old and I lost him. I lost him," he said.

Friends described Morales as a kind and funny kid.

"To see him gone is to see a piece of you gone," Aaron Chavez said about his friend.

He said he had spoken to him hours before the killing.

"It was a quick dap up, a quick good morning. I wish that would have been a hug," Chavez said. "I didn't know that was the last time I was going to see him."

The district said crisis counselors will be available Thursday to help any students.

Investigation into deadly stabbing

Authorities are still investigating what triggered the deadly confrontation between students, but said it was possibly gang-related.

Two students, ages 15 and 17, suspected of being involved in the incident turned themselves in late Wednesday night, according to the Santa Ana Police Department.

The brothers showed up at the police station with their parents, who were questioned. The teenagers were then arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

The knife that was allegedly used has not been recovered.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Santa Ana Police Department.