The student who allegedly punched him has been jailed on suspicion of second-degree manslaughter. The victim, identified by the Granite Falls School District as Crossroads High School student Jarom Thomas, died at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. According to Snohomish County court documents, Thomas backed his Honda into another vehicle while it was parked at 919 S.W. (Photo: KING) 
 
 LAKE STEVENS, Wash. -- One Lake Stevens teenager is dead and another is behind bars, all because of one punch that police say may have been a fatal blow. The two teens, who both attend Crossroads High School in Granite Falls, agreed to settle their differences by allowing the suspect to punch Thomas in the face. The two shook hands and smoked a cigarette together, but the suspect hit Thomas so hard he fell to the ground and never regained consciousness. A friend eventually took him to the hospital but Thomas never regained consciousness and died. He remained in the Snohomish County Jail on Monday night in lieu of $10,000 bail. His father, Michael Galen Sr., offered his condolences to the victim’s family and told reporters his son is “not a bad boy, not a bad kid.” 
 
 According to court documents, the victim and the suspect were acquaintances and had known each other for years. Paige Cornwell: 206-464-2530 or pcornwell@seattletimes.comInformation from The Associated Press is included in this story.
– A dispute between teens ended in tragedy last weekend, when one high school senior punched another—who never got up after falling to the ground. Victim Jarom Thomas, 18, was with friends at a cabin on Lake Roesiger, Wash., on Saturday night when, witnesses say, Thomas accidentally backed into a car the suspect, another 18-year-old whom KING5 is not naming, was sitting in. After an argument, Thomas agreed to let the suspect hit him to settle things, KING5 reports. They shook hands and smoked a cigarette together first, but after the suspect hit Thomas, Thomas fell backward and hit his head on the pavement. The unconscious teen later died at a hospital, and the suspect was arrested and faces possible manslaughter charges, the Seattle Times reports. "I spoke to my son and he told me I didn't want this to happen, I didn't mean for this to happen," says the suspect's father, Michael Galen, adding that his son has no criminal history. "My son is not a bad boy. He's not a bad kid," Galen adds. "Don't drink please, because things like this can [happen]. When you don't expect it. You don't mean to. Please don't drink." Witnesses reported hearing a "cracking noise" when Thomas' head hit the pavement, and a friend took him to the hospital after others at the party carried him inside but couldn't wake him up. The two teens are said to have known each other for years. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner has declared Thomas' death a homicide, ruling blunt force injuries to the head as the cause of death, KING5 reports.