Tributes have been paid to a “hardworking, funny and loyal” 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at a house party in Leeds.
Police launched a murder investigation after Trust Junior Jordan Gangata, known as TJ, was found injured at a property in the Armley area of the city in the early hours of Sunday.
West Yorkshire police said an 18-year-old man, from Huddersfield, and three other men from Bradford, one aged 18 and two aged 19, had been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Police on Monday urged anyone who was at the party to contact them with any information that could help identify his killers. The four suspects remained in custody on Monday night.
DCI Alan Weekes, leading the investigation, said: “Trust’s family are going through an incredibly difficult time, and we have specially trained family liaison officers supporting them.
“We are keeping them fully updated as we continue to progress the investigation into his murder, with the four men we have arrested remaining in custody.
“Trust’s family have asked that people respect their privacy as they try to come to terms with having him taken from them in such sudden and violent circumstances.
“We continue to appeal for anyone who was at the party where Trust was attacked and who has any information that could assist the investigation to come forward and tell us what they know.”
Trust, whose family are from Zimbabwe, was described as an “hardworking, funny and loyal” student in tributes shared by Notre Dame sixth form college in Leeds, where he studied.
It said: “Trust’s teachers described him as a ‘friendly, sociable, and kind student who always contributed positively in class’.
“Friends of Trust called him ‘hardworking, funny, and loyal’ who was ‘a role model to his friends and always had a smile on his face’.”
A celebration of Trust’s life was due to be held at Hyde Park in Leeds on Monday night.
Police had been called to the house in Salisbury Grove, Armley, Leeds, at 2.48am on Sunday over reports of a disturbance at a party.
Police said the ambulance service treated the 17-year-old who was reported to have been stabbed. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
