Obituary | Carter Stone Dies Due To Cardiac Attack Freshman At Agoura Hills
Sarah Oconnor
Updated on January 18, 2026
Carter Stone, a freshman at Agoura Hills High School and an offensive lineman for the junior football team, died of a heart attack at the age of 15.
The night before he was supposed to be the standout player for the Agoura High School Chargers on the football field, he had a heart attack during arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
Carter Stone Freshman At Agoura Hills High School Died Due To Cardiac Attack, Obituary, Cause Of Death, Age, Biography, Family And Twitter
HEARTBREAKING: The Agoura High School community is mourning 15-year-old Carter Stone, a freshman football player, who died after he went into cardiac arrest during a routine surgery on his shoulder. 💔
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) August 29, 2022
Agoura High School Freshman Football Player, Carter Stone, Dead at 15…
Went into "cardiac arrest" during surgery…
Routine surgery on his shoulder…
Played Offensive Lineman for the Agoura Chargers…
– ABC7 Los Angeles, Image: Fox11 LA
— Dr. James E. Olsson (@DrJamesOlsson) August 30, 2022
Acron claims that on the first day of high school on August 24 in Agoura, California, Stone injured his shoulder.
The next day, on August 25, he went to Specialty Surgical Center of Westlake Village for what AHS Football coach Dustin Croick described “regular surgery” on his shoulder through an arthroscopy procedure.
What was Carter Stone’s cause of death?
With the news of Carter Stone’s death buzzing all over social media, one could only think of what would take the life of such a person suddenly.
Carter Stone Died of Cardiac arrest.
Carter went to Specialty Surgical Center of Westlake Village for what AHS Football coach Dustin Croick described “regular surgery” on his shoulder through an arthroscopy procedure.
Something terrible happened during the operation. His condition necessitated prompt transport from the Specialty Surgical Center of Westlake Village to the Los Angeles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. At Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Stone was stabilized before being pronounced dead.
“When arrival, he was already in cardiac arrest,” the hospital reported. Nonetheless, the teen’s death has not been officially attributed to any one reason.
Agoura’s third-year head coach Dustin Croick, however, claimed that Carter was diagnosed with a heart tumor. He said that the family was probably unaware that the tumor was caused by T-cell leukemia.
He was “looking forward to getting to the field,” according to a report by NBC station WRC-TV. A freshman’s unexpected and terrible death at age 15 has left the whole school in disbelief.
Honors were paid by everybody in the group to teenger. Director of Athletics Clint Cummings had this to say about Stone:
“He put in the time. He never missed a single day of practice and was always present.
While the town’s football team, many of the fans paid their respects online. Stone’s 15-year-old classmates, friends, and teammates remember him with fondness for his humor, generosity, and dedication to the team. His coach, Croick said, “he loved football.
He appeared to be putting up his maximum effort. “He embodied the spirit of Agoura and the ethos of ‘A-Town.’
Obituary And Burial Arrangements
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Our deepest sympathies go out to the grieving loved ones of the departed, who was clearly brilliant and caring human being.
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