Stupid is as stupid does

Anahad O'Connor has an article in The New York Times about stupid people, one of whom is dead now, in the Bronx:

A star high school football player was stabbed to death in the Bronx just hours after his graduation, police said. The stabbing took place during an argument in a parking lot over property missing from his family’s car. The victim, Isayah Muller, 19, was a noted running back at Truman High School in the Bronx, where he earned widespread coverage for his success on the field.
According to the police, Mr. Muller and his family had left the commencement ceremonies when an argument erupted between his father, Andre Muller, and some parking attendants at a lot where the family parked their car near Jerome Avenue and 198th street.
The family was on their way to a celebration dinner when the senior Muller noticed something missing from his car, then accused the attendants of stealing it, said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman. Mr. Browne said the argument turned into a fight, which resulted in Isayah Muller being stabbed.
“After the stabbing, the father and son ran to the family car, parked just outside the lot,” he said. “With Isayah, his mother and his girlfriend in the car, the father drove Isayah to a clinic about ten blocks away.” Employees at the clinic called an ambulance, which took Isayah to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 6 p.m., Mr. Browne said.
The parking lot attendants involved in the fight were taken to the 52nd Precinct station house, where they were being interviewed along with Isayah’s father, Mr. Browne said. No charges have yet been filed.

Rico says if they'd just called the cops first, the kid would be alive now...