Five Florida teenagers have been charged in a violent mob caught-on-video beating a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – the site of one of the nation’s worst school shootings.
A fifth teenager linked to a violent shooting on Dec. 12 turned himself in at the Coral Springs Police Department on Monday morning — with police still looking for another suspect, WPLG-TV News reported.
Disturbing video first posted by TMZ shows a lone teenager, who has not been identified, attacked by a half-dozen students who repeatedly kick and punch him — until one brutal teenager throws him face first onto the sidewalk.
The victim suffered a fractured skull and other injuries.
Officials at the Parkland school identified the alleged attacker, and police obtained an arrest affidavit on Thursday.
“The safety of our community and schools remains our top priority,” the department said in a press release. “Every day, we have about 50 officers from various specialized units assigned to guard the area around the school during dismissal. In this incident, we had two officers patrolling around North Community Park during dismissal time.”
Four Florida teenagers were charged last week in the Dec. 12 gang beating of a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. On Monday, the fifth suspect surrendered to the Coral Springs Police Department. Local 10
The five teenagers in custody were identified by police as Sylvester Hicks, 16; Jahmeer Beauziel, 17; Caleb Hensley, 17; Jordan Thompson, 16; and Chinua Leefatt, 15.
Four are students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the fifth at nearby Coral Glades High School. Each of the teenagers was charged with felony battery, according to police.
Beauziel’s surrender on Monday led to another suspect being sought by police.
In an email to parents last week, school Principal Michelle Kefford said she hoped to fire them.
A disturbing video shows the moment half a dozen teenagers attacked a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The teenage victim was thrown to the pavement first as dozens of students looked on in the Dec. 12 attack.
“We are also doing everything we can through the district process to ensure these students do not return to our campus,” he wrote in an email, according to WPLG.
Meanwhile, Barrington Leefatt, father of suspect Chinua Leeffatt, told the outlet last week that the victim was the one who started the fight by hitting his son first.
“That [victim] innocent, I tell you,” said Leefatt. “He was attacked first. I have a video [of] that. My son is the victim here.”
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is infamous for the 2018 mass shooting that killed 14 students and three teachers.
The teenage victim was lying motionless on the pavement after being thrown onto the pavement first.
Former student Nikolas Cruz was sentenced to 17 life sentences last year for the Valentine’s Day massacre.
Police said Cruz stormed the school with an AR-15 assault rifle and opened fire — spraying defenseless victims with bullets and in some cases turning around to finish off the wounded.
On February 15 of this year – the day after the fifth anniversary of the shooting – the school was placed on lockdown after educators received a “suspicious phone call.”
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