A 10-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old girl in February, which stemmed from a large fight at a Houston apartment complex. 

Riley DeArmas, 13, was identified by Houston police as the girl who was stabbed and killed in the altercation. 

“She should still be laughing, growing and dreaming — but instead, our world has been forever changed,” according to a GoFundMe page organized by her mother. “Riley’s life mattered far beyond the headlines — she was a student, a friend and a niece who deserved to grow up.”

Riley was a student at Dean Middle School, Cypress Fairbanks ISD confirmed in a February letter from the school’s principal, Michael George, to parents and guardians. 

On the night she was stabbed, officers responded to a call at 8047 Grow Lane around 8 p.m. in northwest Houston. 

“Officers responded to a stabbing call at the above address and located a juvenile female suffering from a stab wound,” according to an HPD news release. “Houston Fire Department paramedics transported her to an area hospital where she was pronounced deceased.”

The stabbing was related to a fight between two groups in an apartment complex parking lot, authorities said. 

The 10-year-old was detained at the scene. He was released from HPD custody the next day as authorities continued investigating. 

He was charged on March 31.

On Wednesday, members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team arrested him in Charlotte, North Carolina.