Two men have been charged in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Salt Lake boy who, according to court documents, came to the defense of two girls.
According to the charging documents, 16-year-old Marcelino Johnson, a 15-year-old boy and two 13-year-old girls were walking near 1300 S. State Street shortly after midnight on Aug. 27 when Deloza and Espana passed them. The girls ran up to the boys and said the two men “had attempted to persuade the girls to go with them.”
Shortly thereafter, a fight broke out.