A troubling report from LOCAL 12 describes a Cub Scout meeting in Ohio that, according to a new lawsuit, ended with a 5-year-old boy badly hurt, rushed to the hospital, and facing a long recovery. The family says what should have been a routine scout activity turned into a violent attack by an older child, and they now argue that adults who were supposed to supervise the meeting failed in a serious way.
The child is not being identified publicly. In the LOCAL 12 report, his family referred to him as DR to protect his privacy, and the details they shared painted a grim picture of both the alleged assault and the aftermath.
What The Family Says Happened
According to the television report, the incident happened on December 4 during a Pack 422 meeting in Bowling Green, Ohio. The children were reportedly having an indoor snowball fight when, the family says, the situation suddenly turned violent.
DR’s mother, Breanna Russell, told LOCAL 12 that her son had leaned down to grab a snowball when an older Cub Scout allegedly attacked him. Russell said the older boy punched him in the head, punched him in the stomach, knocked him over, and then stomped on his leg.
She told the outlet that she did not directly see the whole thing because she was on the other side of the room, but she heard her son yell. That detail stands out because it gives the story a raw, immediate feel…