During Friday's Richmond High School gang rape that now, according to new reports, lasted somewhere around two hours, only two suspects have been arrested so far. Manuel Ortega, 19, was arrested at the scene. He is being held on $800,000 bail at a Contra Costa County jail.
Another suspect, a 15-year-old teenager, was arrested at school the next day and booked on suspicion of felony sexual assault.
While classes resumes on Monday, Richmond High School counselors were in effect yesterday, helping students grieve.
"Everybody was distressed," Richmond High School principal Julio Franco tells SF Chronicle, whose very own daughter attended the homecoming dance. "Anybody who needed to be listened to went to speak to counselors."
While an open ear is always nice, one big lingering question is how this attacked happened on Franco's school grounds, and why it lasted as long as it did. According to CBS 5 sources, "two campus security guards who would have typically patrolled the area where the attack occurred were sent home as of 9 p.m. on dance night because the school district didn't want to incur overtime."
Police point out that "as many as six other men raped the girl over a two-hour period Saturday night outside the school." If you know anyone even remotely involved with the homecoming gang rape, it is your duty to call Richmond police at 510-233-1214.