Authorities in Council Bluffs met this (Monday) morning with Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilbur to review evidence in the case of a student from Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln High School who died this past weekend from injuries he suffered during a fight Thursday morning.  Bluffs Police Sgt. Chad Meyers said “Based on that meeting, we have additional follow-up to complete, in order to have a complete picture of this incident.” Meyers said a press conference scheduled for Monday afternoon had been cancelled until work on the case is complete.

The community of Council Bluffs came together Sunday night to remember 17-year-old Dakota Escritt, who died from a head injury suffered during a fight at school. His friends released balloons at a memorial Sunday night. Eskritt died Saturday at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, two days after he hit his head on the tile floor at Abraham Lincoln High School.

Authorities have filed a felony charge of Assault Causing Serious Injury, against 16-year-old Gregary Teer, who was suspended from school. Superintendent Martha Bruckner told KETV-TV the fight appeared to be a random, isolated incident that no policy could have prevented. The teen’s friends say he enjoyed hanging out and looking at Japanese animation and comics, but some students had teased him because of his interests and hobbies. Authorities have not said what led to Thursday’s fight.