Kin fury at no-show HS killer

A BRONX HIGH schooler accused of stabbing two younger teens during a classroom brawl — killing one — skipped a court appearance Tuesday, opting not to face a courtroom packed with furious relatives of the victims.

Abel Cedeno, 18, remained in an upstairs holding cell at Bronx Criminal Court while his attorney, Deborah Rush, waived his appearance during a brief court hearing.

The bisexual teen faces a murder charge in the death of Matthew McCree, 15, after the teen threw broken pencil shards and wadded paper at him during a history class at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation on Sept. 27.

On Tuesday, several members of Matthew’s family, all wearing shirts emblazoned with photographs of the slain teen, sat in the gallery awaiting Cedeno’s first court appearance since he was ordered held without bail last week.

So many people showed up that onlookers under 18 were ordered to leave the courtroom.

About a half-dozen court officers watched over the group, which quietly voiced disapproval when Cedeno failed to show.

“I will be waiving my client’s appearance,” Rush told Bronx Criminal Court Judge Julio Rodriguez.

Matthew’s relatives, especially his mom, Louna Dennis, will be back, family attorney Sanford Rubenstein said.

“(Louna) will be back every time this case is called in court,” he said. “He cannot hide forever.”

Cedeno is also accused of attacking Matthew’s best friend, 16-year-old Ariane LaBoy, stabbing Ariane in the chest when he came to Matthew’s defense. He faces attempted murder charges in the attack on Ariane.

The bloodshed played out in front of a classroom full of students. The airborne assault last week was the first time the two boys had bothered Cedeno, who ordered the switchblade (photo) online two weeks earlier.

Ariane was in a coma for two days following the attack and is now on the mend.

Both families plan to sue the city for not putting in metal detectors and taking other measures to better protect students, including Cedeno, who was a victim of bullying, Rubenstein said.

“The mayor had a press conference trying to tell the public everything is OK,” Rubenstein said. “Well everything is not OK and the fact that I have a mother standing with me right here who lost her son to violence in the schools demonstrates that.”

In a jailhouse interview Friday, Cedeno said he was constantly harassed for being bisexual and “just snapped” when he lunged at Matthew and Ariane, who had not tormented him before that day.

“I didn’t mean to kill him. I wanted to scare him,” Cedeno said about killing Matthew.