Texas Jury Returns Verdict In 2022 Stabbing Death Of High School Classmate: Report

A assemblage has decided nan destiny of a Texas teen who was charged pinch allegedly stabbing his precocious schoolhouse classmate to decease successful a bath successful 2022, uncovering him not blameworthy of execution and blameworthy of criminally negligent homicide.

After being incapable to scope a verdict connected Monday and tabling tribunal till Tuesday, KWTX reported that a Bell County assemblage announced that they did not find Caysen Allison blameworthy of execution successful nan stabbing decease of Joe Ramirez Jr. astatine Belton High School successful May 2022. 

The assemblage recovered Allison blameworthy of criminally negligent homicide.

Allison was released nether nan conditions of his bond, nan outlet reported, which will stay successful spot until his sentencing proceeding connected June 16, wherever he faces anyplace from six months to 2 years successful a authorities prison, successful summation to a imaginable good of up to $10,000.

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Bell County assemblage finds Caysen Allison not blameworthy of execution successful decease of Joe Ramirez. (Belton Police Department/GoFundMe/Joe Ramirez’s Funeral & Burial Expenses)

Allison had been retired connected bond, nether location arrest, since July 2022 aft a judge dropped his $1-million enslaved down to $175,000 successful nan stabbing decease of Ramirez Jr., according to KWTX. 

The Belton Police Department said that Allison ran distant from nan schoolhouse aft nan stabbing successful 2022, but was arrested 20 minutes later.

The fatal altercation happened during a conflict successful nan school's restroom, according to an apprehension affidavit obtained by KWTX. 

The study stated that Allison waived his authorities against self-incrimination and admitted to detectives he fatally stabbed Ramirez Jr.

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Jose Luis Ramirez Jr. was fatally stabbed to decease wrong a bath astatine his Texas precocious schoolhouse successful May 2022, according to police. (Viktoria Ramirez Facebook)

Officers recovered Ramirez Jr. suffering from "large puncture wounds to his chest" and he was rushed to a section infirmary successful captious condition.

At nan hospital, KTWX reported that officers noticed Ramirez sustained "multiple stab and slashes injuries on his chest, back, legs and arm." He was later pronounced dead. 

During erstwhile testimony, 1 of Allison's friends, Chris Bittle, described nan events starring up to nan fatal altercation and being successful nan school's bath during nan fight.

There was a heated statement betwixt Allison and Ramirez astatine a prom nighttime aft party, according Bittle's erstwhile account. Text messages revealed that Allison sent a matter to Bittle aft that statement asking, "bro, bring maine a gun."

Bittle besides recalled what happened nan time of nan stabbing, explaining that while location was a scheme for Allison and Ramirez to fight, they did not scheme to conflict successful schoolhouse and were amazed to bump into Ramirez and his friends successful nan schoolhouse restroom, KTWX reported. Bittle testified he and Allison tried to time off aft utilizing nan restroom, but Ramirez and his 4 friends wouldn’t fto them.

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Caysen Allison recovered not blameworthy of murder, but blameworthy of a lesser charge, successful nan 2022 decease of classmate Joe Ramirez (Belton Police Department)

Bittle besides claimed he tried to measurement successful erstwhile Ramirez punched Allison, but was deed by 1 of nan different teens successful nan group, which compartment telephone video of nan conflict showed. 

Allison’s defense based on he acted successful self-defense successful a "fight for his life" aft he was attacked by Ramirez successful nan school’s bathroom.

Officers went to Allison's location pursuing nan conflict aft he fled nan scene, wherever officers overheard him speaking to personification connected nan telephone saying "I did thing astatine school," and asking them to travel and return him to Waco.

Detectives besides snapped photos of Allison's achromatic shoes being covered successful humor arsenic he told investigators what benignant of weapon he utilized to termination Ramirez and wherever he had dumped nan weapon.

Madison Barnes, Ramirez’s ex-girlfriend and a adjacent friend of Allison’s, testified that Allison made threats against Ramirez to her earlier nan stabbing, according to KWTX. She besides told nan assemblage that Allison warned her that he "wanted Joe connected life support, wanted to stomp his caput in, wanted his jaw dangling from his face, and wanted him successful nan hospital."

Ramirez Jr., a elder astatine nan school, was described connected a GoFundMe page raising money for his family arsenic a "very kind, loving and gentle young man."

Allison’s defense attorney, Zachary Boyd, told KWTX that he was happy pinch nan jury’s determination successful a very challenging case.

"The Allison family is truthful sorry for their loss, origin location is nary bully result to this. There is nary happy ending successful position of everyone’s going to time off present emotion happy," Boyd said.

"The world is not achromatic and white. The world is shades of grey and, ultimately, we were near pinch nan mobility of what do you do erstwhile nan rumor is 1 of bullying aliases 1 of a kid who is truthful frightened that he brings a weapon to schoolhouse to take sides himself with?"

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Nearly 3 years later, different Texas teen was violently killed while attending a precocious schoolhouse way meet.

Karmelo Anthony, nan 17-year-old accused of stabbing Frisco, Texas way prima Austin Metcalf to death, was released from jailhouse aft his enslaved was dropped from $1 cardinal to $250,000.

Like Allison, Anthony's enslaved conditions see location apprehension and an ankle monitor, and he will only beryllium capable to time off his location pinch nan judge's permission.

If convicted, Anthony cannot look nan decease punishment because he is simply a juvenile, acknowledgment to a 2005 Supreme Court ruling successful a lawsuit called Roper v. Simmons.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Allison's lawyer for comment, but did not instantly person a response. 

Fox News Digital's Lorraine Taylor and Peter D'Abrosca contributed to this report. 

Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist crime cases, forbidden immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to stepheny.price@fox.com