The defense attorney, public defender Varsha Govindaraju, said her client is “an amazing kid” who has been “an honor roll student his entire life” and wants to be a zoologist. She said he had never been in trouble with the law before Wednesday. Govindaraju also said the victim was bigger than her client and was “a trained boxer” who had been part of a group of teenagers who attacked her client in the past.

Source: Washington Post August 19, 2021 16:39 UTC