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Kingsbridge murder: Teen dies after taxi rank 'altercation' | Kingsbridge murder: Teen dies after taxi rank 'altercation' |
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A former Plymouth Argyle youth player has died in south Devon after an argument broke out at a taxi rank. | |
Alex Peguero-Sosa, 17, was injured in Kingsbridge at about 02:20 BST and was later declared dead at Derriford Hospital, in Plymouth. | |
A man in his 40s was arrested in Kingsbridge on Sunday on suspicion of murdering the teenager. He is in custody at Torquay police station. | A man in his 40s was arrested in Kingsbridge on Sunday on suspicion of murdering the teenager. He is in custody at Torquay police station. |
Police said members of the public had attempted to revive the boy. | Police said members of the public had attempted to revive the boy. |
A spokesman for Plymouth Argyle said Mr Peguero-Sosa was released from the club last summer. | |
The town's mayor, Wayne Grills, said Kingsbridge was a very small community and the teenager was well known and liked. | |
He said: "The town is in a state of shock. Waking up to the news on social media, it is very unusual. It has been decades since the last event of this kind. It is a close knit community and this is very unusual." |