Charged in High School Party Tragedy, Connecticut Teen Claims Self-Defense Amid Fatal Stabbing Melee
Milford, CT – A Connecticut court heard the testimony of a 20-year-old man charged with murder after a high school party turned deadly. Raul Valle, accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old James McGrath, claimed self-defense during the May 2022 incident that also left three others injured. Valle recounted the violence that erupted during a party in Shelton, where tensions flared among students from rival schools, Fairfield College Preparatory School and St. Joseph’s High School. Valle, a …