COBB COUNTY, GA — Mableton’s mayor confirms a teenager killed over the weekend is a student at Pebblebrook High School.

The victim is identified as 17-year-old David Daniel.

Owens says he’s thankful that the high school is providing counselors and support to those who knew the victim, but also urges parents to check in.

“Make sure we talk to them. Listen to what their concerns are. Make sure that we are providing emotional support where we can,” Owens suggests.

He says it’s early in the investigation, but it does not appear to have anything to do with the school, drugs, or gangs.

Officers responded to a home on Milam Creek Road in Mableton around 5:40 p.m. on Saturday after reports of a person injured.

Upon arrival, officers found Daniel on the front porch of the residence with a sharp injury to his left torso. He was rushed to a local hospital where he later died.

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with the fatal stabbing. He faces felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime charges.

He has not been identified.