The Brief
- A 14-year-old Park Ridge boy suffered severe head injuries and underwent brain surgery after being brutally beaten Monday evening near Eugene Field Elementary School and Northeast Park, according to his family.
- The teen’s father said his son was likely struck in the head with an object and was later found confused after using his cellphone to make calls; he remains in intensive care at Lutheran General Hospital.
- Park Ridge police and the family are asking residents to check surveillance and doorbell camera footage from the area before recordings are automatically deleted.
PARK RIDGE, Ill. – A Park Ridge teenager was viciously beaten earlier this week while walking through an upscale neighborhood. And now his dad is appealing for the public’s help to help find out exactly what happened to his son.
Sean Connolly says what happened to his son is a parent’s worst nightmare.
Last Monday evening, sometime between five and 8:30 p.m., Connolly’s 14-year-old son was walking with another 14-year-old boy in the vicinity of Eugene Field Elementary School and Northeast Park in the country club area of Park Ridge when he was brutally beaten.…