Family seeks answers after student suffers traumatic brain injury following Wissahickon Park attack

A Bryn Mawr family is searching for answers after their 17-year-old son suffered a traumatic brain injury during an attack in Wissahickon Park earlier this month.

Instead of preparing for graduation Sunday, Shawn Rinnier is recovering at a rehabilitation center after being attacked around midnight on May 10 in Chestnut Hill.

“Seeing your son in that state: his face was heavily swollen, he had blood gashes, he was on a breathing tube, he had a neck brace on,” said his mother, Susan Rinnier.

Rinnier, a Saint Joseph’s Prep student, said he attended a Tiki party with classmates and students from other local schools when several fights broke out…

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