Two students, a seventh and an eighth grader from JFK Middle School in Riviera Beach, are being charged for a brutal attack on another student at the same school last week while the teens were walking home from school, just a few blocks from campus.
The teen spoke exclusively to WPTV’s Shannon Cake with his mother present during the interview.
“I was trying to cross the street,” he said. “They came up behind me and jumped me. They punched me in the back of the head started hitting me.”
There were onlookers and others who recorded the beating and posted the videos on social media. The recordings show two suspects punching, kicking, stomping and body slamming the victim.’
“We’re looking at all options,” said Riviera Beach Police Chief Michael Coleman. “Everyone who played a role in that incident from the people who were holding the phone recording the incident, to the individuals who were cheering on the suspects as they beat this young man.”
The police report shows multiple cuts, bruises and scratches to his face, torso and neck.