A teenager who played a minor character in the upcoming film, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' was fatally stabbed in a bar brawl in south London on Saturday.
According a statement from London's Metropolitan Police, the actor, 18-year-old Rob Knox, who plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the sixth movie in the series, was caught in a fight around midnight outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup.
The fatality occurred just two weeks after another teen was killed only a few miles away.
Warner Brothers said it was shocked by the news.
"Rob was kind and thoughtful and would always help out others—he would always spend his last penny on other people instead of himself," Knox's parents, Sally and Colin, said in a statement Sunday.
"The life and soul of the party, he was very outgoing, loved sports, and would always strike up a conversation with people. He was respectful to others and adored by all his family and friends. He was (an) asset to the family."
Knox and four other teens were taken to various hospitals after the fight, according to police. One of them was a 21-year-old who was later arrested on suspicion of Knox's murder.
Police said that while the fight was probably not gang-related, there have been 14 violent teen deaths in London so far this year.
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