NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The final teen who pleaded guilty to the 2019 fatal stabbing of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors, 18, was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years to life in prison.
Rashaun Weaver, who was 14 years old at the time of the murder, pleaded guilty in December to second-degree murder.
Prosecutors said that in December 2019, Weaver, Luchiano Lewis and another teen tried to mug Majors, a Virginia native, as she came down the stairs in Morningside Park.
As Majors resisted and yelled for help, Lewis allegedly held her in a headlock and Weaver stabbed her repeatedly.
Lewis, who was 14 at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery and was sentenced in October to nine years to life in prison.
An unnamed teen, who was not charged as an adult, pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 18 months in detention.
"I want to apologize to the court and government, and your honor," Weaver said Wednesday.
He added, "Mostly I want to apologize to [her] family ... she deserved to have a long life."
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